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Hagiografi e v 10. a 11. století
Hagiography in tenth and eleventh century

Author(s): Marie Bláhová
Contributor(s): Agnieszka Tokarczuk (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Hagiography;Saints;Middle Ages;10th — early 11th centuries;

Summary/Abstract: In her paper Hagiografi e v 10. a 11. Století, Marie Bláhová of Charles University in Prague examines the early history of the development of this genre. First, she discusses what hagiography is and when and under what circumstances this branch of the Latin literature was born. The author points out to the ancient roots of hagiography (the second century). Next to the history and the causes of the emergence of hagiography, the paper presents the development of its forms and changes in the choice of types of holiness, which could be included in such works since the late antiquity until the eleventh century. Marie Bláhová has presented readers with a wide panorama of centers and individuals distinguished in creating and rewriting hagiographic literature, noting their role at the time of birth of a given work and its subsequent dissemination. This panorama is made up of activities of both various centers and literary circles in older Europe, i.e., Empire, England, France, Italy, and in Central Europe, namely Hungary, Czech and Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-90
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech