Imagining the Sacred Past: Hagiography and Power in Early NormandyIn 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to Christianity. Over the next century and a half, Rollo and his descendants would become powerful and pious Christian rulers of the mighty European territory, Normandy. In 1066, Rollo's descendant William would conquer England, with papal sanction. |
Contents
Placing the Texts in Time | 1 |
Explaining the Interest in Taurinus Vigor and Nicasius | 33 |
The Vita Taurini 4 Reshaping History in the Bessin The Vita Vigoris | 74 |
The Passio Nicasii | 94 |
The Norman Vision of the Distant Past and Contemporary Hagiography | 112 |
Conclusion | 132 |
Manuscripts of the Vita Taurini and Vita Vigoris | 139 |
Transmission of the Passio Nicasii | 145 |
13 | 165 |
33 | 166 |
51 | 168 |
74 | 169 |
352 | 176 |
94 | 183 |
112 | 198 |
132 | 207 |
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Imagining the Sacred Past: Hagiography and Power in Early Normandy Samantha Kahn Herrick Limited preview - 2007 |