Cutting out the camel-like knees of St James: the De viris illustribus tradition in the twelfth-century renaissance
This article examines the revival of the de viris illustribus genre in the twelfth century. These catalogues of the most important Christian authors were modelled on a template created in late antiquity by Jerome, but adopted new attitudes to what constitutes distinguished Christian literary activit...
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Oxford University Press
2021
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