“Quislibet sanctus mortuum potest suscitare” : peregrinos y muerte en la hagiografía castellana (siglos VII-XIII) by Ariel Guiance

“…In this frame of particular trips, several are the hagiographical statements that do explicit reference to a particular phenomenon. …”
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The Human Body as a Mirror in Ottoman Literature by Ozgen Felek

“…This article scrutinizes various genres and written formats with a specific focus on the body as it appears in legal and literary texts that became best sellers in the Ottoman Empire, including hagiographical works, heroic narratives, physiognomy books, and romances. …”
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Pilgrim and patron : Cnut in post-conquest historical writing by Parker, E

“…Preserved in chronicles and in hagio­graphical sources, within the context of accounts of royal patronage of religious houses and the cults of English saints, these narratives present Cnut as a generous patron and a king given to extravagant public gestures of piety. …”

The hagiographies of Pierre Michon: Rimbaud le fils by Jefferson, A

“…Focusing on <em>Rimbaud le fils</em> (1991), various hagiographical strategies are identified in the construction and narration of the text, and in the positioning of both author and reader in the posture of devotion. …”

Monster Duels in Byzantine Polemological Tradition of X-XIV Centuries by K. R. Kapsalykova, A. G. Nesterov

“…The authors argue that the ideas of rational warfare permeated not only strict military manuals but also hagiographical literature, historical chronicles, heroic epics, and other narratives. …”
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Ancient Feminine Archetypes in Shi‘i Islam by Amina Inloes

“…While reformist portrayals of Fāṭimah have attempted to present her as a model for female activism, historical and hagiographical archetypes of Fāṭimah inherently clash and are difficult to disentangle. …”
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The Georgian Milieu and the Metaphrastic Menologion: Three Accounts about Symeon Metaphrastes by Sandro Nikolaishvili

“…The Georgian literati were the first non-Greeks to translate the metaphrastic hagiographical literature. Soon after Symeon Metaphrastes (also called Symeon the Logothetes; end of tenth century) finished his literary project, the Georgian monks at the monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos started translating not only Symeon's saints' lives but also adopted metaphrastic method and applied it to other texts. …”
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A commentary on Jerome's Vita Malchi by Gray, C, Christa Gray

“…<p>This Commentary on Jerome’s Vita Malchi begins with an Introduction which summarises some of the main points of interest of this early hagiographical text, including its relevance to contemporary debates about asceticism and the classical and biblical influences on the language and content. …”

Sirmian martyrs in exile: Pannonian case-studies and a re-evaluation of the St. Demetrius problem by Tóth, P

“…The question of the origins of the cult of the fourth century martyr, Demetrius of Thessalonica has been the focal point of hagiographical research since the first publication of his passions by the Bollandists in 1780. …”

Vernacular literature in eighth- and ninth-century Mercia by Wragg, S

“…In Chapter 2, I offer a reading of the hagiographical poetry of Cynewulf, namely Juliana and Elene, in light of the remarkably – and arguably uniquely – powerful position of women in Mercia from the reign of Offa onwards. …”

Hagiography as Source: Gender and Conversion Narratives in <i>The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church</i> by Anna Redhair Wells

“…Other scholars employ a similar approach when analyzing hagiographical literature found in medieval Europe. While acknowledging that these texts do not provide details about the historical experience of conversion, they can assist scholars in understanding the conception of conversion in the imagination of the culture that created them. …”
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A Few Notes on Tibetan to Mongolian Translations by Anna D. Tsendina

“…Translations from Tibetan of historical, hagiographical, narrative and other compositions constituted an essential part in the reading agenda of Mongols to further influence the latter’s culture at large. …”
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BHL 2178: A new source for Ælfric’s Life of Dionysius by Ostacchini, L

“…<p>In his&nbsp;<em>Life of Dionysius</em>, found within his hagiographical collection&nbsp;<em>The Lives of Saints</em>, &AElig;lfric of Eynsham notes that the saint &lsquo;sende his geferan sume to Ispaniam&rsquo; (&lsquo;sent some of his companions to Spain&rsquo;, l. 162).…”

Names of the months of different calendar systems in the ethiopian manuscript tradition by Ekaterina Gusarova

“…Names of the months are normally used in historical and hagiographical texts in the Geez language (and later in Amharic) to indicate the dates. …”
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Amores humanos, amores divinos. La Vita Christi de sor Isabel de Villena by Antonio Cortijo Ocaña

“…This article explores the parallels between Sor Isabel de Villena’s hagiographical text and the mythological prose works by Joan Roís de Corella. …”
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Female monasticism in Italy in the Early Middle Ages: new questions, new debates by Veronica West-Harling

“…Lastly, it sets out the three core themes which run through the other papers in the volume: the links between female monasteries and the city elites, the history of the monasteries concerned in the light of both their foundation and hagiographical myths, their material culture, and their ideological place in the cityscape, and finally, the attempt to identify the difference, if any, between female and male monastic houses. …”
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The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium and urban ecclesiastical rivalry in eleventh-century Rouen by Allen, R

“…Their rivalry also included the production of literary works, especially hagiographical texts. The abbey and cathedral are also believed to have competed with each other architecturally. …”

Zosimos of Apollonia-Sozopolis by Maya Prodanova, Peter Talloen

“…The article also looks for the origins of the Passio of Zosimos: several elements mentioned in the text demonstrate that the account of the saint’s martyrdom was most probably a late antique construct, part of the abundance of hagiographical texts produced in late antiquity. It may have been composed to emphasize the position of Apollonia-Sozopolis as a major centre of early Christianity within the province of Pisidia during the 5th and early 6th centuries. …”
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Virgins on the Throne: The Chaste Marriage of Emperor Henry II and Empress Cunigunde in Medieval Narrative Traditions by Iliana Kandzha

“…The analysis of elaborated hagiographic programs, devised by members of the Bamberg ecclesiastical community to praise Henry and Cunigunde, reveals the forms in which the sanctity, regality, and sexual behaviour of Henry and Cunigunde were conceptualized, negotiated, and represented, while at the same time the hagiographic traditions were adapted to contemporary concepts of chastity and abstinence.…”
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Techniques of the Supramundane: Physician-Monks’ Medical Skills during the Early Medieval China (220–589) in China by Dawei Wang

“…Hagiographical tales tell us that some Buddhist monks who lived during the Early Medieval China (220–589) possessed considerable medical skills. …”
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