Fasciculus Moralitatis: Omelie Morales de Infantia Saluatoris (Prague Medieval Studies) - Softcover

Of Heisterbach, Caesarius

 
9788024654508: Fasciculus Moralitatis: Omelie Morales de Infantia Saluatoris (Prague Medieval Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8024654504 ISBN 13: 9788024654508
Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University, 2024

Synopsis

The first critical edition of Caesarius’ Omelie morales de infantia Saluatoris—Homilies on Jesus’ Childhood.

Primarily known as the author of the Dialogus miraculorum—a collection of exemplary stories that secured his reputation as the master of Cistercian storytelling—Caesarius of Heisterbach was also the author of several sermons and homilies. Although they are not as well known today, his Homilies on Jesus’ Childhood are exceptional in many ways. Readers will immediately notice Caesarius’s versatility as he employs an impressive array of persuasive techniques: quoting scholarly works, interpreting Hebrew names and letters, delving into etymology and numerology, and including numerous examples to instruct both the learned and the common person.

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About the Authors

Caesarius of Heisterbach, (1180–1240) was a Cistercian monk and popular author in thirteenth-century Germany.

Victoria Smirnova holds a doctoral degree in medieval Latin literature from Lomonosov Moscow State University and is a research fellow at the Bavarian State Library in Munich.

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Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8024654504
ISBN 13 
9788024654508
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
362
Editor
Smirnova Victoria