Vitae sanctorum aetatis conversionis Europae Centralis (Saec. X-XI) = Saints of the Christianization age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh century)

This is the first of two volumes containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, from the tenth to eleventh centuries, written not much later, are telling witnesses for the process of Christianization of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Dalmatia. Most of them became patrons of their region and highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages. The volume presents the first English translation of a legend of each of these saints with the most recent critical edition of the Latin original and prefaces discussing the textual tradition. In an appendix the extensive hagiographical literature of the saints is being critically surveyed. The Hagiography Of Conversion / Ian Wood -- Passion Of Saint Wenceslas By Gumpold Of Mantua / Marina Miladinov -- Life Of Saint Adalbert Bishop Of Prague And Martyr / Cristian Gaspar -- Life Of The Five Brethren By Bruno Of Querfurt / Marina Miladinov -- Lives Of The Holy Hermits Zoerard The Confessor And Benedict The Martyr By Blessed Maurus, Bishop Of Pécs / Marina Miladinov -- Life Of Blessed Gaudentius, Bishop Of Osor / Marina Miladinov, With A Preface By Zrinka Nikolic. Edited By Gábor Klaniczay ; Translated And Annotated By Cristian Gaspar And Marina Miladinov ; With An Introductory Essay By Ian Wood. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 363-377) And Index. English And Latin Texts With Translations From Latin Into English. This volume is the first of two containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, from the tenth to eleventh centuries, written not much later, are telling witnesses for the process of Christianization of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Dalmatia. Most of them became patrons of their region and highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages. The volume presents the first English translation of a legend of each of these saints with the most recent critical edition of the Latin original and prefaces discussing the textual tradition. In an appendix the extensive hagiographical literature of the saints is being critically surveyed.