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Medieval Exempla in Transition: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers(296 Cistercian Studies Series)

Medieval Exempla in Transition: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers(296 Cistercian Studies Series)


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This study follows the transmission and reception of Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus miraculorum (1219–1223), one of the most compelling and successful Cistercian collections of miracles and memorable events, from the Middle Ages to the present day. It ranges across different media and within different interpretive communities and includes brief summaries of a number of the exempla.

Table of Contents:
Contents Abbreviations   ix List of Images   xi Acknowledgments   xiii Introduction   xv      PART ONE: The White Monks and Their Stories 1. Cistercian Storytelling in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries   3 2. Cistercian Exemplum Production in the Late Thirteenth through Fifteenth Centuries   21 3. Cistercian Manuscripts of the Dialogus miraculorum   35 4. Version B of the Dialogus miraculorum   55 5. Version C of the Dialogus miraculorum   71 6. Versions D and E of the Dialogus miraculorum    85 7. Cistercian Readers Interacting with the Dialogus miraculorum   91 8. The Dialogus miraculorum and Other Exempla Collections in Cistercian Libraries   101      PART TWO: Outside Cistercian Walls 9. Regular Canons as Readers of the Dialogus miraculorum   133 10. Benedictines, Carthusians, and Mendicant Friars   159       PART THREE: The Way into Modernity 11. Incunabulum Editions   193 12. Jacob Fischer’s Edition (1591) and the Controversy over Miracles   211 13. Bertrand Tissier’s Edition (1662)   229 14. The Dialogus miraculorum and Its Modern Reception: From Derision to Fascination   239 15. From the Twentieth Century to the Present Day: Academia and Popular Culture   255 Appendix I: Cited Manuscripts of Caesarius’s Dialogus miraculorum   275 Appendix II: Summaries of Nine Exempla added to Version B of the Dialogus miraculorum   279 Appendix III: Other Cited Manuscripts   285 Bibliography   289 General Index   325

About the Author :
 FILLIN "" Victoria Smirnova holds a doctoral degree in medieval Latin literature from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2006) and is currently a research fellow in the Bavarian State Library (Munich). She specializes in medieval sermons and exempla with particular emphasis on Caesarius of Heisterbach, to whose works she has dedicated numerous articles. She is also the principal editor of the collection of essays in The Art of Cistercian Persuasion in the Middle Ages and Beyond (2015).  

Review :
"Victoria Smirnova has written the story of the pivotal exempla collection of the Middle Ages. By contrast to Caesarius' very long book of 300,000 words, her book is concise but comprehensive. She tells the fascinating story of exempla before and after Caesarius Dialogue and traces the book's Cistercian roots and reception by Cistercians and others from Caesarius' time to our own. For anyone interested in exempla, Cistercians, or Caesarius, this book is required reading." Hugh Feiss, OSB   "Victoria Smirnova offers us a thorough, philologically accurate, and enjoyable history of Caesarius of Heisterbach, his stories, and their fortune from the twelfth century to the present day. Both an in-depth study of the Dialogus miraculorum and an introduction to Cistercian exemplary literature, Medieval Exempla in Transition is an outstanding work. Clearly written and meticulously researched, this volume will be a required reading for all scholars and students of the Cistercian world." Stefano Mula, Middlebury College   "Victoria Smirnova’s fascinating and carefully researched study of the reception history of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles illustrates the myriad ways that Caesarius’s collection of stories captures the imagination of its readers. Smirnova tracks the communities who copied, printed, modified, interpreted, and translated Caesarius’s text, and she guides us through its manuscript and printed history from the thirteenth century to the present day. This is important reading for the study of monasticism and religious life but also for the investigation of medievalisms and the modern reuse of medieval texts." Martha G Newman, Professor of History and Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin   "Smirnova's survey is erudite as well as illuminating." Catholic Books Review "Medieval Exempla in Transition is exemplary study of exemplary stories. Cistercian scholars and general readers are finally able to fully appreciate one of the most influential works of the Middle Ages, whose appeal spanned centuries and countries, with the help of Victoria Smirnova's thoughtful, enlightening, thorough study of its reception and fortune through the centuries." American Benedictine Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780879071301
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Liturgical Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 425 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0879071303
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
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  • Series Title: 296 Cistercian Studies Series
  • Sub Title: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers
  • Width: 140 mm


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