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Thomas of Cantimpré
Thomas (de Cantimpré)
其他書名
The Collected Saints' Lives : Abbot John of Cantimpré, Christina the Astonishing, Margaret of Ypres, and Lutgard of Aywières
出版
Brepols
, 2008
主題
History / Europe / Medieval
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Medieval
Religion / Christianity / History
Religion / Christian Church / History
ISBN
2503520782
9782503520780
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OOjaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Dominican Thomas of Cantimpre (c. 1200-c. 1270) was a key figure in the 'evangelical awakening' of the thirteenth century. A prolific hagiographer, he lauded such diverse subjects as the abbot and apostolic preacher John of Cantimpre; the teenage saint Margaret of Ypres, an urban recluse who died at 21; Lutgard of Aywieres, a Cistercian nun and mystic; and the theatrical, mentally troubled Christina 'the Astonishing' of St-Trond. Thomas had few peers in portraying the ritual theatre of penance. He gives us such memorable scenes as a naked moneylender led out of a pit by a rope, a formerly rapacious prince kissing his peasants' feet as he restores their stolen goods, St Christina leaping into fires and boiling cauldrons to save souls in purgatory, and the deceased Pope Innocent III in agony, begging St Lutgard for her prayers. In this volume readers will find all four lively and eventful lives between the same covers for the first time. The Life of Abbot John of Cantimpre has been newly translated by Barbara Newman, who has also supplied a new introduction. The other three Lives are reprinted from Margot H. King's Peregrina Translations Series.