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The Legend of St Brendan: A Comparative Study of the Latin and Anglo-Norman Versions

by Jude Mackley

  • Hardback
  • 350 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.6 x 24.4 x 2.3 cm

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For historians and lovers of medieval literature

Compares Latin and Anglo-Norman voyage stories

Understand how sacred tales become legends

Discover how the legendary voyage of St Brendan evolved from a spiritual hagiography into a thrilling medieval adventure.

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The Legend of St Brendan is a study of two accounts of a voyage undertaken by Brendan, a sixth-century Irish saint. The immense popularity of the Latin version encouraged many vernacular translations, including a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman reworking of the narrative which excises much of the devotional material seen in the ninth-century Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis and changes the emphasis, leaving a recognisably secular narrative. The vernacular version focuses on marvellous imagery and the trials and tribulations of a long sea-voyage. Together the two versions demonstrate a movement away from hagiography towards adventure. Studies of the two versions rarely discuss the elements of the fantastic. Following a summary of authorship, audiences and sources, this comparative study adopts a structural approach to the two versions of the Brendan narrative. It considers what the fantastic imagery achieves and addresses issues raised with respect to theological parallels.

  • Title

    The Legend of St Brendan: A Comparative Study of the Latin and Anglo-Norman Versions

  • Author

    Jude Mackley

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    June 2008

  • Weight

    727g

  • Page Count

    350

  • Dimensions

    16.6 x 24.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004166622

  • ISBN-10

    9004166629

  • Eden Code

    4725127