Read English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend

English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend

Judy Ann Ford

4.9/5 (13708 ratings)

Description:In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend , a translation of the most well-known collection of saints' lives in Europe. This study analyzes the molding of the Legenda aurea into a book that powerfully attracted the English market. Modifications included not only illustrations and changes in the arrangement of chapters, but also the addition of lives of British saints and translated excerpts from the Bible, showing an appetite for vernacular scripture and stories about England's past. The publication history of Caxton's Golden Legend reveals attitudes towards national identity and piety within the context of English print culture during the half century prior to the Henrician Reformation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend. To get started finding English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1000062279

Description: In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend , a translation of the most well-known collection of saints' lives in Europe. This study analyzes the molding of the Legenda aurea into a book that powerfully attracted the English market. Modifications included not only illustrations and changes in the arrangement of chapters, but also the addition of lives of British saints and translated excerpts from the Bible, showing an appetite for vernacular scripture and stories about England's past. The publication history of Caxton's Golden Legend reveals attitudes towards national identity and piety within the context of English print culture during the half century prior to the Henrician Reformation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend. To get started finding English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend

English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend

More Books

John Mirk's Festial: Orthodoxy, Lollardy and the Common People in Fourteenth-Century England by Judy Ann Ford (2006-02-01)

John Mirk's Festial: Orthodoxy, Lollardy and the Common People in Fourteenth-Century England by Judy Ann Ford (2006-02-01)

John Mirk's Festial': Orthodoxy, Lollardy and the Common People in Fourteenth-Century England

John Mirk's Festial': Orthodoxy, Lollardy and the Common People in Fourteenth-Century England

English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton’s Golden Legend (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)

English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton’s Golden Legend (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)