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A thorough investigation of the saint and animal topos: its origins, growth and development. The saint and animal story in medieval saints' 'Lives' has a long tradition - explored in detail here. The volume ranges from the very beginning of the genre in the Late Antique east, through the early medieval western European adaptations, including in Ireland, to the twelfth century, to its conclusion with a new assessment of Saint Francis' dealings with animals. The author argues that stories of saints and animals drew from a variety of sources, including scripture and classical literature, and also elements of folklore; they had clear spiritual meanings, which were adapted to the development of the Church, and its relationship to the people in the medieval West. Almost as soon as the genre became standardised, its appearance in saints' 'Lives' begin to show new influences rising from the fund of popular folklore. The relationship between Church and rural folklore is also explored, both through unusual examples of the genre of saint and animal story, and through a case study of twelfth-century miracle cults from the north of England. The study finishes with Saint Francis, where the social relations underpinning the tradition of the genre are shifting towards a new culture at the root of our own.

Thematology --- Christian church history --- anno 500-1499 --- Christian saints. --- Church history --- Animals --- Saints chrétiens --- Eglise --- Animaux --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Histoire --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Christian saints --- Christianity --- 235.3*12 --- Hagiografie: legenden --- 235.3*12 Hagiografie: legenden --- Saints chrétiens --- Animal kingdom --- Beasts --- Fauna --- Native animals --- Native fauna --- Wild animals --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Human-animal relationships --- Zoology --- Saints --- Canonization --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Animals - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Saints et animaux

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The creation of a past for themselves was of pressing importance to religious communities, enabling them to increase their status and legitimise their existence. This book examines the process in a group of communities from the southern part of Flanders (the monks of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, the community of Saint-Rictrude at Marchiennes and the canons of Saint-Amé at Douai) over a period running from the ninth to the end of the eleventh century. The central contention is that the communities produced their narratives (history, hagiography, charter materials) for a specific time and purpose, frequently as a response to or intended resolution of internal or external crises. The book also discusses how the circumstances which triggered narrative production had an impact not only on the content but also on the form of the texts.

religious orders --- Christian religious orders --- anno 800-1199 --- Flanders --- Monasteries --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Monastères --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- Flanders (France) --- Belgium --- Flandre (France) --- Belgique --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- 271 "09/10" --- 271.1 <44 SAINT-BERTIN> --- 235.3 --- Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--?"09/10" --- Benedictijnen--Frankrijk--SAINT-BERTIN --- Hagiografie --- Church history. --- 271.1 <44 SAINT-BERTIN> Benedictijnen--Frankrijk--SAINT-BERTIN --- Monastères --- Monastic and religious life --- Flanders (County) --- Monasteries - France - Flanders - History --- Bertinus ab. Sithivensis --- Rictrudis abb. Marchianensis --- Maurontus ab. in Belgio --- Amatus ep. Sedunensis --- Flandre --- Flanders (France) - History --- Benedictine monasteries --- Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Abbaye de Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Benedictines --- Historiography. --- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Marchiennes-Ville (France) --- Bencések --- Benedettini --- Bénédictins --- Beneditinos --- Benedyktyni --- O.S.B. --- Ordem de São Bento --- Order of Saint Benedict --- Ordine di San Benedetto --- Ordo Sancti Benedicti --- OSB --- Saint Benedict, Order of --- Abbaye Sainte-Rictrude de Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbaye de Sainte-Rictrude de Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbaye Sainte-Rictrude à Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbaye Sainte-Rictrude (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbaye de Sainte-Rictrude (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Sainte-Rictrude de Marchiennes (Monastery : Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbaye bénédictine de Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Marchiennes (Monastery : Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Monastère de Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbey of Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Saint-Rictrude at Marchiennes (Monastery : Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbey of Ste-Rictrude in Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Abbey of Ste-Rictrude (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Community of Saint-Rictrude at Marchiennes (Marchiennes-Ville, France) --- Saint-Omer, France. --- Abbaye de Saint-Bertin (Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France). --- Monasterium Sancti Bertini (Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- St-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Sithiu (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Abbey of Saint-Bertin (Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) --- Marchiennes (France) --- Marchiennes-la-Ville (France) --- Saint-Omer, France