medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
> Elissa Henken's The Welsh Saints: a study in patterned lives
an intriguing title.
does "patterned lives" refer to the prominent role played by topoi in the
hagiographies?
is it, essentially, a study of "patterning" in hagiographic writing?
>has lots of examples of punishment miracles. Cadog (again) was refused fire
by a peasant. He cursed him, asking God to burn the man, the threshing floor
was the "threshing floor" made of wood?
>and the grain, and to enslave his descendants. I can't actually find one of a
statue bursting into flames but it wouldn't surprise me.
i suspect Suspension of Surprise is a requisite to reading about these guys
and their interactions with their vengeful deity.
c
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