1st Edition
English Readers of Catholic Saints The Printing History of William Caxton’s Golden Legend
By Judy Ann Ford
Copyright 2020
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. William Caxton and Devotional Literature
2. Caxton’s Golden Legend: The First Edition
3. Caxton’s Sources: The Legenda aurea, La Légende dorée, and the Gilte Legende
4. The Bible as Hagiography in Caxton’s Golden Legend
5. England and the British Isles in Caxton’s Golden Legend
6. The Late Fifteenth-Century Editions
7. Sixteenth-Century Editions
8. The Afterlife of The Golden Legend
Biography
Judy Ann Ford is Professor of History at Texas A&M University–Commerce, US. Her research interests include Medieval Europe, European Reformations, Popular Religion, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
