The Sanctity of the Leaders: Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops and Abbots from Central Europe (11th to 13th Centuries)

Published by Central European University Press 2023

The Sanctity of the Leaders

Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops and Abbots from Central Europe (11th to 13th Centuries)

Edited by: Gábor Klaniczay and Ildikó Csepregi

Volume 7 in the series Central European Medieval Texts

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About this book

The latest title in the Central European Medieval Texts series contains the lives of saints who were canonized in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries in the newly Christianized countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Dalmatia). A rejoinder to the earlier volume in the series, the Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (CEMT, Vol. 6), containing hermits, missionaries, and martyrs, this second volume of hagiography is dominated by political or ecclesiastical leaders who became saintly patrons of their region and were highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages.

The legends in the volume present the two Hungarian holy kings Stephen and Ladislas, the holy duke Emeric, the Czech holy abbot Prokop of Sázava, three bishops, the Venetian-Hungarian Gellért of Csanád, the Polish Stanislas of Cracow (both martyrs), and the Dalmatian holy bishop Saint John of Trogir. Each “vita” is published in Latin original with an English translation and with prefaces discussing the textual tradition.

Saints’ lives have been recognized as an invaluable source of information on social and economic history, the history of mentalities and everyday life, cultural history, and, above all, as a special genre with crucial importance and prevalence in medieval literature.

Author / Editor information

Klaniczay Gábor :

Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University.

Csepregi Ildikó :

Ildikó Csepregi is a historian of religion, trained as a classicist and medievalist at CEU.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION
Hagiography in Central Europe in the Central Middle Ages Gábor Klaniczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY
Preface Gábor Thoroczkay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Vita Sancti Stephani regis (Legenda maior) / Life of King Saint Stephen (Major legend) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Vita et actus Sancti Stephani regis Pannoniorum (Legenda minor) / Life and Deeds of Saint Stephen, King of the Pannonians (Minor legend) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Legenda S. Stephani regis ab Hartvico episcopo conscripta / Life of King St. Stephen written by Bishop Hartvic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
II. SAINT EMERIC
Preface Gábor Bradács and Dorottya Uhrin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Vita Sancti Emerici ducis / Life of Duke Saint Emeric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
III. SAINT GERARD
Preface Cristian Gaşpar and Gábor Klaniczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Passio beatissimi Gerardi (Legenda minor) / Passion of the Most Blessed Gerard (Minor legend) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
De Sancto Gerhardo episcopo Morosenensi et martyre regni Ungariae (Legenda maior) / On Saint Gerard Bishop of Marosvár and Martyr of the Kingdom of Hungary (Major legend) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
IV. SAINT PROCOPIUS OF SÁZAVA
Preface Petr Sommer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Vita sancti Procopii minor / Minor Life of Saint Procopius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
V. SAINT LADISLAUS OF HUNGARY
Preface Gábor Klaniczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
De Sancto Ladizlao rege Ungarie / On Saint Ladislaus King of Hungary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415
VI. SAINT JOHN OF TROGIR
Preface Ana Marinković Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Vita S. Joannis ep. Traguriensis / Life of St John of Trogir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
VII. SAINT STANISLAUS OF CRACOW
Preface Stanislava Kuzmová Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515
Vita Sancti Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis (Vita minor) / Life of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Cracow (Minor life) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	607
Select Hagiography of the Saints in this Volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	641
Contributors to the volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	667
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	673

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 696
Keywords: Middle Ages; Religion and Politics; Latin texts; hagiography

eBook

Published: May 15, 2023
ISBN: 9786155225598