Friars' Tales

Sermon Exempla from the British Isles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9780719084256
• ISBN-10: 0719084253
• Artikelnr.: 33263264

Autorenporträt

David Jones is a private scholar who lives in Edinburgh

Inhaltsangabe

Series editor's foreword Preface List of abbreviations Introduction
Medieval preaching and preaching aids The Liber Exemplorum The Cambridge
Dominican Collection Exempla: transmission and content Translations The
Liber Exemplorum Selected exempla from the Cambridge Dominican Collection
Select bibliography Index