From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin : hagiographic exegesis and collective memory in the early medieval cults of Omer and Bertin /

From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin : hagiographic exegesis and collective memory in the early medieval cults of Omer and Bertin /

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Author / Creator:	Defries, David, author.
Imprint:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2019] ©2019
Description:	ix, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies and texts ; 219 Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 219.
Subject:	Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) -- Historiography. Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) Christian saints -- Cult -- France -- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) -- Historiography. Monks -- France -- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) -- Historiography. Monasticism and religious orders -- France -- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Historiography. Collective memory -- France -- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) -- Historiography. Historiography. Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) -- Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Historiography. France -- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) Church history. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12002866

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Other authors / contributors:	Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, publisher.
ISBN:	9780888442192 088844219X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index. Issued also in electronic format.
Summary:	"Previous studies of the abbey of Sithiu (modern Saint-Omer) have often sought to explain the competition between the canons of Saint-Omer and the monks of Saint-Bertin, a rivalry deriving from their shared origins in the abbey of Sithiu. However, David Defries' book centres on the cooperative relationship that developed between the saints Omer and Bertin in the monks' collective memory. Earlier historians overwhelmingly assumed that collective memory has a narrative structure and that the texts meant to shape its evolution are "historiographic" in form. In contrast, Defries treats Sithiu's historiography as a type of scriptural exegesis that emphasizes the allegorical levels, especially typology and tropology, of the Christian scriptural hermeneutic. This argument has broad implications for the study of early medieval collective memory; indeed, From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin may be seen as a preliminary case study for the value of paradigmatic approaches to early medieval memory."--

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