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The saint and the count : a case study for reading like a historian / Leah Shopkow.

By: Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1487508433
  • 1487525869
  • 9781487508432
  • 9781487525866
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Saint and the count.DDC classification:
  • 944/.021092 23
LOC classification:
  • DC82 .A2 S56 2021
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic formats.
Contents:
"In the province of Bayeux": St. Vitalis in the historical and hagiographic record -- "Strive to rise swiftly from the dust": The author Stephen of Fougeres -- "men who built the Holy Church": hagiography and genre -- "these are not our inventions": miracles and doubt -- "they tried to kill him": hagiography and the problem of violence.
Summary: "While historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts. In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Fougères and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use. What is the nature of medieval sources and the interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of Stephen of Fougères shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how does this biography illuminate the problem of violence in medieval society? A translation of the biography is included, so that readers can explore the text on their own."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DC82 .A2 S56 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001522779

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

"In the province of Bayeux": St. Vitalis in the historical and hagiographic record -- "Strive to rise swiftly from the dust": The author Stephen of Fougeres -- "men who built the Holy Church": hagiography and genre -- "these are not our inventions": miracles and doubt -- "they tried to kill him": hagiography and the problem of violence.

"While historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts. In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Fougères and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use. What is the nature of medieval sources and the interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of Stephen of Fougères shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how does this biography illuminate the problem of violence in medieval society? A translation of the biography is included, so that readers can explore the text on their own."-- Provided by publisher.

Issued also in electronic formats.

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