English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend
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English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend  -     By: Judy Ann Ford

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

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Title: English Readers of Catholic Saints: The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend
By: Judy Ann Ford
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 228
Vendor: Routledge
Publication Date: 2021
Dimensions: 9.10 X 6.10 X 0.50 (inches)
Weight: 12 ounces
ISBN: 1032236124
ISBN-13: 9781032236124
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Stock No: WW236128

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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 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.

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