medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Graus' Volk Herrscher, Heiliger is a classic. Bruce Brasington
Quoting Cecilia Gaposchkin <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am hoping for some informed advice. For a methods course, I am
> preparing
> a class on using hagiography as a historical source. The course goes
> through different categories of evidence (narrative texts, legal
> texts,
> iconography, numismatics, etc.) and discusses how we can know what,
> and
> how we treat different types of evidence. The focus for the course is
> the
> fourth century, Constantine, and the question of "christianization".
> My
> question for the list is two-fold.
>
> First: I am looking for a reading which discusses the issue of using
> hagiography as a historical source -- what kinds of information we can
> draw from it. The closest thing I know of is the Felice Lifshitz,
> "Peyond
> Postivism and Genre: "Hagiographical" Texts as Historical Narrative"
> Viator 25 (1994) 95-113, but this isn't exactly what I'm looking for,
> mostly because it is too late and the argument is too dependant upon
> the
> historical moment its discussing (which is the strength of the
> article,
> but doesn't suit what I need).
>
>
> Second: I'm looking to assign passions or lives which purport to show
> the
> Roman legal system at work (i.e., in which a martyr's confrontation
> with
> the magistrate, governor, judge, etc., is narrated). Any suggestion
> to
> particularly juicy lives welcome. (Perpetua and Pionius are currently
> on
> my list)
>
> Any and all help, or advice on this issue, welcome. And Thanks in
> advance
> for the help-
>
> Cecilia Gaposchkin
>
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