The Dialogue on Miracles, Vol. 2
The Dialogue on Miracles, Vol. 2

Author: Caesarius of Heisterbach

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0879071273

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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. This second volume contains sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

The Dialogue on Miracles
The Dialogue on Miracles

Author: Caesarius of Heisterbach

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2023-08-11

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 087907129X

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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. This second volume contains sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

The Dialogue on Miracles
The Dialogue on Miracles

Author: Caesarius of Heisterbach

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2023-07-31

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0879071230

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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. This volume contains sections one through six of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

Life and Miracles of St. Benedict
Life and Miracles of St. Benedict

Author: Pope Gregory I

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 1949-03

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780814603215

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A translation of the biography written by Pope Gregory the Great, this official biography is also known as the Second Book of Dialogues. It is the earliest and thus the most valuable biography of St. Benedict.

Medieval Ghost Stories
Medieval Ghost Stories

Author: Andrew Joynes

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1843832690

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"Medieval Ghost Stories" is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries; they have been found in monastic chronicles and preaching manuals, in sagas and heroic poetry, and in medieval romances. In a religious age, the tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make hair stand on end; unfailingly, these stories give a fascinating and moving glimpse into the medieval mind. Look only at the accounts of Richard Rowntree's stillborn child, glimpsed by his father tangled in swaddling clothes on the road to Santiago, or the sly habits of water sprites resting as goblets and golden rings on the surface of the river, just out of reach...

The Dialogue on Miracles, Volume 1
The Dialogue on Miracles, Volume 1

Author: Caesarius of Heisterbach

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2023-08-15

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 0879071222

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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. This volume contains sections one through six of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.