La vie d'Edouard le Confesseur /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei. English.
Imprint:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2014.
Description:	x, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Exeter medieval texts and studies Exeter medieval texts and studies.
Subject:	Edward, -- King of England, -- approximately 1003-1066 -- Romances. Edward, -- King of England, -- approximately 1003-1066. Kings and rulers. Romances, Anglo-Norman. Saints. England. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Romances. Translations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10087133

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Other authors / contributors:	Bliss, Jane.
ISBN:	9781846319518 184631951X
Notes:	Translated from the Anglo-Norman. "The twelfth-century Life of King Edward the Confessor, in Anglo-Norman verse, is here presented in modern English for the first time. Its author, an anonymous nun of Barking Abbey, offers a many-faceted and absorbing portrait of the celebrated king and saint, together with legendary material found in no other version of this hagiographic narrative."--Page 1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Edward the Confessor
The Poem's Themes
Sources
The Nun and her World
Translation and Presentation
The Life of Edward the Confessor
Prologue (1-10)
The Introduction to Edward (11-68)
1. Of his Lineage (69-142)
2. Edward is chosen King (143-266)
3. The young Edward (267-354)
4. Brihtwald's Vision (355-510)
5. Exile and Return (511-850)
6. Description of Edward (851-978)
7. Edward's Treasure (979-1080)
8. Edward and Edith (1081-462)
9. The Vision of the Ships (1463-640)
10. Edward's Pilgrimage (1641-2018)
11. Pope Leo's Letter (2019-108)
12. Saint Peter and the Hermit (2109-284)
13. Gille Michel the Cripple (2285-480)
14. Mellit and the Fisherman (2481-696)
15. A Visit to Pope Nicholas (2697-960)
16. Edward and Lievrich (2961-3074)
17. The King's Evil (3075-256)
18. A Blind Man sees Edward's Beard (3257-438)
19. The Blind Man of Lincoln (3439-500)
20. The Blinded Woodcutter (3501-628)
21. Seven Blind Eyes (3629-92)
22. The Fate of Godwin's Sons (3693-766)
23. The Fate of Godwin (3767-932)
24. The Seven Sleepers (3933-4164)
25. King Edward and the Ring (4165-476)
26. Edward's Last Illness (4477-638)
27. The Vision of the Tree (4639-912)
28. The Tree Explained (4913-5016)
29. Edward's Death (5017-295)
30. Of the Nun Herself (5296-335)
31. Ralph the Norman Cured (5336-453)
32. Thirteen Blind Eyes (5454-501)
33. The Prophecy about Harold Fulfilled (5502-601)
34. The Bell-ringer (5602-69)
35. Saint Ulstan (5670-949)
36. The Saint's Body Uncorrupted (5950-6071)
37. The Sewing-Girl (6072-243)
38. Osbert's Fever (6244-371)
39. Gerins Cured Likewise (6372-441)
40. A Nun of Barking Healed (6442-545)
41. A Triple Cure (6546-685)
Appendix: Dream and Prophecy
Glossary
Bibliography
Primary Texts
Secondary Texts
Indexes
Bible References
Proper Names in Text
General Index

La vie d'Edouard le Confesseur /

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