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"While historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts. In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Fougères and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use. What is the nature of medieval sources and the interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of Stephen of Fougères shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how does this biography illuminates the problem of violence in medieval society? A translation of the biography is included, so that readers can explore the text on their own."--
Christian hagiography --- Historiography --- Vitalis, --- Etienne, --- France --- History --- Biography --- Sources. --- Historiography. --- Biography. --- Vitalis ab. Saviniacensis
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"This volume offers translations of the twelfth-century Latin vitae of four monks of the Monastery of Savigny: Abbot Vitalis, Abbot Godfrey, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo. Founded in 1113 by Vitalis of Mortain, an influential hermit-preacher, Savigny expanded to a congregation of thirty monasteries under his successor Godfrey (1122-1138). In 1147, the entire congregation joined the Cistercian Order. Around 1172, two monks of Savigny, Peter of Avranches and Hamo, friends but very different personalities, died. Their stories were told in two further vitae.The vitae of these four men exemplify the variety of people and movements found in the monastic ferment of the twelfth century. "--
Vitalis ab. Saviniacensis --- Gaufridus ab. Saviniae --- Petrus Abrincensis mon. Saviniacensis --- Hamon, mon. Saviniacensis --- Vitalis - of Savigny, Saint - -1122 --- Godfrey - of Savigny, Abbot - active 1122-1138 --- Peter - of Avranches --- Hamo - Blessed --- Vitalis, --- Godfrey, --- Peter, --- Hamo, --- Cistercians --- Benedictines
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