The Sermones de sanctis of Jacobus de Voragine is not an independent text but the last written link of a communicative chain that starts with the holy fi gurae of the Legenda aurea and is completed with a fi nal speech from a preacher to his audience. Chastity is represented in this hagiographical material, which is closely connected to the most important saints of the Dominican calendar, through absolute models that are removed from everyday experience: these models need to be interpreted by a preacher’s spoken words and to be illustrated with a choice of exempla to reach laypeople effectively.
Chastity Models in the Sermones de sanctis of Iacobus de Voragine
MAGGIONI, Giovanni Paolo
2008-01-01
Abstract
The Sermones de sanctis of Jacobus de Voragine is not an independent text but the last written link of a communicative chain that starts with the holy fi gurae of the Legenda aurea and is completed with a fi nal speech from a preacher to his audience. Chastity is represented in this hagiographical material, which is closely connected to the most important saints of the Dominican calendar, through absolute models that are removed from everyday experience: these models need to be interpreted by a preacher’s spoken words and to be illustrated with a choice of exempla to reach laypeople effectively.File in questo prodotto:
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