Saints' Lives of Jocelin of Furness

First comprehensive study of four important medieval saints'' lives, setting them in their political and ecclesiastical context.

Jocelin of Furness (fl.1175x1214), the Cistercian hagiographer, composed four substantial and significant saints'' lives; varying widely in both subject and patron, they offer a rich corpus of medieval hagiographical writing. Jocelin''s Vita S. Patricii and Vita S. Kenteg...