Overview
This bilingual volume (Latin text with English translation) is the second in the series presenting hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. It contains the most important hagiographical corpus of medieval Hungarian history: that of Saint Margaret (1242-1270), daughter of King Bela IV, who lived her life as a Dominican nun. Margaret's cult started immediately after her death and the demand to examine her sanctity was first formulated in 1272. The canonization process recommenced in 1276, followed by further initiatives across the centuries. Margaret was eventually canonized only in 1943. Besides the full Latin text and the English translation of her oldest legend, written between 1272 and 1275, this volume contains the acts of the 110 testimonies of the papal investigation concerning her sainthood, recorded between July and October 1276 and prepared from existing source editions. In addition, the editors include a series of recently discovered documents, including a petition by the bishop of Varad (Oradea) to promote the cause, and the notarial records of a set of miracles that occurred at Margaret's grave in the second half of the fifteenth century. The book ends with a selected bibliography of Saint Margaret and of her hagiography.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Gabor Klaniczay
Publisher: Central European University Press
Imprint: Central European University Press
Edition: Annotated edition
Volume: 8
ISBN: 9789633862186
ISBN 10: 9633862183
Pages: 850
Publication Date: 10 January 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The volume will be of interest not only to scholars of medieval hagiography, but also those interested in the insights into everyday life in the cloister, in towns and villages, and in general life in thirteenth century Hungary. Besides translating the known important sources, the editing and translating of hitherto unknown documents gives the volume an added value. * Hungarian Historical Review * Sale a la luz un proyecto que arranco en la decada de 1980, pero que, por diversas circunstancia no ha podido culminarse hasta fechas recientes, como apunta Gabor Klaniczay, y cuya demora, sin embargo, ha hecho posible la incorporacion de un material inedito. Se trata de un valioso y bello libro que brinda la posibilidad de acercarse a unas fuentes que ilustran el interesante y prolongado proceso de canonizacion de la princesa Margarita de Hungria. * Medievalia * Le long delai dans la gestation de l'ouvrage a eu un avantage: dans l'intervalle, B. Peterfi, un etudiant de G. Klaniczay, a decouvert, en 2011, dans les Archives de la famille Orsini, trois documents medievaux inedits interessant le dossier de canonisation de Marguerite. Ceux-ci ont ete integres au volume, a cote d'autres actes significatifs deja publies. L'interet de ces Actes, outre leur valeur documentaire intrinseque, est aussi d'illustrer le choc culturel que constitua le nouvel ideal religieux incarne par Marguerite, aux antipodes de celui de la communaute traditionnelle et aristocratique qui l'hebergeait. On le voit: ce volume - pourvu d'une bibliographie, d'un index, et d'une annexe relative aux textes hagiographiques ecrits en l'honneur de Marguerite -, a peut-etre mis du temps a paraitre, mais cela valait la peine de patienter. -- Francois DE VRIENDT * Analecta Bollandiana *
The volume will be of interest not only to scholars of medieval hagiography, but also those interested in the insights into everyday life in the cloister, in towns and villages, and in general life in thirteenth century Hungary. Besides translating the known important sources, the editing and translating of hitherto unknown documents gives the volume an added value. * Hungarian Historical Review * Sale a la luz un proyecto que arranco en la decada de 1980, pero que, por diversas circunstancia no ha podido culminarse hasta fechas recientes, como apunta Gabor Klaniczay, y cuya demora, sin embargo, ha hecho posible la incorporacion de un material inedito. Se trata de un valioso y bello libro que brinda la posibilidad de acercarse a unas fuentes que ilustran el interesante y prolongado proceso de canonizacion de la princesa Margarita de Hungria. * Medievalia *
Author Information
Ildiko Csepregi, a historian of religion, trained as a classicist and medievalist at CEU. Gabor Klaniczay, university professor at CEU, Department of Medieval Studies Bence Peterfi is researcher at theInstitute of History at the Research center of the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
