"Vita Sancti Medardi" jako utwór hagiograficzny przełomu antyku i średniowiecza
Vita sancti Medardi: a Hagiography of the Turn of the Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Author(s): Michał CichońSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Kielcach
Keywords: hagiography; the lives of the saints; St. Medardus; exordium; narratio; argumentatio; epilogus
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an early medieval hagiographic work known as “Vita sancti Medardi”. It is shown in the context of the ancient rhetorical literary tradition and Christian hagiography. The composition applies ancient principles of a literary work structure (introduction, narrative, argumentative, and ending), while the content is a continuation of motifs present in earlier Latin hagiography.
Journal: Kieleckie Studia Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 7-22
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish