TY - BOOK ID - 734973 TI - Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary AU - Guillaume de Malmesbury, 1080?-1142? AU - Thomson, Rodney Malcolm AU - Winterbottom, Michael PY - 2015 SN - 9781783270163 1783270160 PB - Woodbridge: Boydell press, DB - UniCat KW - Christian spirituality KW - Mary [s.] KW - Mary, KW - Early works to 1800. KW - Theology. KW - Legends. KW - Theology KW - ʻAdhrāʼ KW - Arogyamata KW - Ārōkkiyamāta KW - Birhen ng mga Dukha KW - Blessed Lady KW - Blessed Mother KW - Blessed Virgin Mary, KW - Hagnē Theotokos KW - Madonna, The KW - Mama Mary KW - Mare de Déu KW - Maria, KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin KW - Marie, KW - Marie Théotokos KW - Marii︠a︡, KW - Maryam, KW - Maryja, KW - Meryem Ana KW - Miryam, KW - Mother of God KW - Muíre, KW - Nossa Senhora KW - Our Lady KW - Our Lady of Good Health KW - Our Lady of Sorrows KW - Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament KW - Qiddīsah Maryam KW - Theotokos KW - Vierge Marie, KW - Virgen María KW - Virgin Mary, KW - Virgin of the Poor KW - Ynang Maria KW - مريم KW - مريم العذراء KW - 성모마리아 KW - Our Lady of Emmitsburg KW - Apparitions and miracles KW - Majka Isusova KW - Christelijke spiritualiteit KW - Maria [s.] KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin, KW - Meryem Ana, KW - Virgen María, KW - Ynang Maria, KW - Maria Deipara KW - Miracula KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Early works to 1800 KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Legends KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Theology KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:734973 AB - This is the first title in the new series Boydell Medieval Texts, which will provide scholarly editions of major works with facing translation. Written c. 1135 by the Benedictine monk, historian and scholar William of Malmesbury (d. 1143), The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary is of interest on several counts. It belongs in the first wave of collected miracles of the Virgin, produced by English Benedictine monks in the 1120s and '30s. These collections were to be influential across Europe and through the rest of the medieval period. Only two copies of William's work survive in anything like its complete form, and only one of them represents the finished product. But many of the stories were also transmitted separately, in groups or individually; the systematic use of this evidence is a feature of this new text. The work is written in elegant Latin and embellished with William's customary erudition, including frequent quotations and echoes from (sometimes unusual) ancient authors. His instinct as a historian is to the fore, as he tries to establish historical context and credibility for his stories. Above all, the scope of the collection is surprisingly international, including stories drawn from all around the Mediterranean. This is an important document in the history of Marian devotion in medieval Europe. In his long Prologue (which enjoyed some independent circulation), William argues strongly for the Virgin's Immaculate Conception and bodily Assumption, doctrines still not generally accepted in western Europe at the time. With the appearance of this book all of William of Malmesbury's major works are available in modern editions and translations. ER -