medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hello, Chara,
You will have an embarrass de richesse, lucky you. Celtic saints' lives are
very rich in material about animals. These are not new, but you might find
the following useful, Sister Mary Donatus, Birds and Beasts in the Lives of
Early Irish Saints, Philadelphia, 1934; William Parker Marsh and Christopher
Bamford, Celtic Christianity, Ecology and Holiness. An Anthology, Edinburgh,
1986; and, of course, Charles Plummer's intro. to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae,
Oxford [1910] 1968. For texts, besides the lives in the VSH above, don't
forget the gorgeous Adomnan's Life of Columba, ed. and trans. Alan Orr
Anderson and Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, rev. M. O. A., Oxford, 1991; C.
Plummer, ed. and trans. Bethada Naem nErenn (with appropriate accents I
haven't figured out), Oxford, 1922; William W. Heist, Vitae Sanctorum
Hiberniae ex codice olim Salmanticensi nunc Bruxellensi, Bruxelles, 1965.
Bernadette Filotas
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Subject: [M-R] holiness and the natural world
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hello. I am re-joining the list after a hiatus. My Ph.D. is in medieval
and
Renaissance history; I have worked extensively on the cult of St. Joseph and
teach in the Philadelphia area. My current interest relates to medieval
ideas
regarding the natural world. I'm gathering examples, from texts of all
kinds, of
appreciation, tenderness, or care for the natural world (plants, animals,
Creation generally) and would appreciate any pointers to writers or texts.
Recently I noticed John Ruusbroec's recommendations of the work of bees and
ants as a model for human spirituality (in his Spiritual Espousals), and I'm
wondering whether anyone has thoughts on any past history of this concept
or on other writers who expressed it. Finally, if anyone wishes to
recommend
secondary works on medieval perspectives on nature and ecology, I'll be
happy to know of them.
Sincerely,
Chara Armon
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