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The first complete translation of a fascinating piece of Czech literature.The virgin martyr St Catherine was one of the pre-eminent and most popular saints in the Middle Ages, her legend spreading far and wide throughout Europe. A Bohemian version of her Vita was written in the second half of the fourteenth century, probably for the court of Emperor Charles IV in Prague; it is a fascinating account of her life and passion, with many unique features. However, partly because of the language barrier, it has received relatively little attention.This book provides the first complete translation of this important text. It is accompanied by a full, interdisciplinary introduction, which places the legend in its cultural and historical context, and emphasizes both the importance of the Dominican friars as court writers and the prominence of royal and noble women as patrons and consumers of their work. It also highlights the numerous representations of Catherine in contemporary art. Meanwhile, elucidatory notes to the translation illuminate its most important features.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. --- Second Cycle of Legends. --- The Golden Legend. --- conversion. --- hagiographic romance. --- marriage. --- mendicant. --- mysticism. --- octosyllabic verse. --- passion. --- patronage. --- piety. --- realism. --- rhetoric. --- rural imagery. --- theology. --- vernacular.

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"What are the stories that we tell about ourselves and others, and how do those stories contribute to the construction of a collective memory and national identity? The Black Legend--the representation of Spaniards and the Spanish Empire as cruel and intolerant--first emerged in response to accounts of Spanish abuses during the sixteenth-century conquest period. It lived on in the eighteenth century in the context of evolving imperial, religious, and commercial rivalries in Europe and beyond, even as Spanish imperial power was waning, and cultural and political hegemony was shifting from Spain to France and England. This is the first book in English to focus on the Black Legend in the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment period. Scholars from the United States, Spain, and Latin America offer transnational and transdisciplinary approaches to understanding how the Black Legend was deployed during the construction of national identities in the eighteenth century. The essays' interconnecting themes--violence; intolerance; difference; the role of the Inquisition; the legacy of Bartolomé de las Casas and Columbus; transnational relations; translation and gender--informed the emergence of modern political systems and national identities, and still resonate in references to the Black Legend today."--

Black Legend (Spanish history) --- Enlightenment --- Nationalism and collective memory --- History --- Légende noire (Histoire de l'Espagne) --- Caractère national --- History of Spain --- anno 1700-1799 --- Légende noire (Histoire espagnole) --- Siècle des Lumières --- Nationalisme et mémoire collective --- History. --- Enlightenment. --- Nationalism and collective memory. --- Histoire. --- 18th century --- Espagne --- Spain. --- Histoire