| The Book of St. Gilbert Contributor(s): Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint (Author), Foreville, Raymonde (Editor), Foreville, Raymonde (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0198222602 ISBN-13: 9780198222606 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $280.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1987 Annotation: This is the first full edition of the canonization dossier of St. Gilbert of Sempringham, who died in 1189 and was canonized in 1202. It is a document of exceptional interest for the history of the canonization process in Rome, for the history of the one English religious Order of the Middle Ages, the Order of Sempringham, and for the biography of the founder himself, St. Gilbert. The order was founded to be primarily an Order of women, was confined to England, and so disappeared at the Reformation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86028619 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.73 lbs) 498 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first full edition of the canonization dossier of St. Gilbert of Sempringham, who died in 1189 and was canonized in 1202. It is a document of exceptional interest for the history of the canonization process in Rome, for the history of the one English religious Order of the Middle Ages, the Order of Sempringham, and for the biography of the founder himself, St. Gilbert. The order was founded to be primarily an Order of women, was confined to England, and so disappeared at the Reformation. |
