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Cutting out the camel-like knees of St. James: the de viris illustribus tradition in the twelfth-century renaissance.
- Source :
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Historical Research . May2021, Vol. 94 Issue 264, p191-212. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This article examines the revival of the de viris illustribus genre in the twelfth century. These catalogues of the most important Christian authors were modelled on a template created in late antiquity by Jerome, but adopted new attitudes to what constitutes distinguished Christian literary activity. They regard the editing, collecting, and re-ordering of texts as equal to the composition of new works, and recognize legal codification as a noteworthy activity. As such, they represent the broadening out of a Latin Christian literary canon. These texts complicate our ideas about the relationship between 'authority' and 'amplification' in the twelfth-century renaissance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CATALOGS
*CANON (Literature)
*RENAISSANCE
*KNEE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09503471
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 264
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Historical Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152598337
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htab001