Product Description

The Book of St Gilbert was written by a canon of the Order of Sempringham and is presented here in its first, full, critical edition. It contains all the documents of the canonization process of St Gilbert and his life, including a dossier of letters concerning a major crisis of his rule, the revolt of the lay brothers; a detailed account of the canonization process; and two collections of his miracles. The book is especially revealing of the procedures of canonization at a crucial stage in its formation and provides a central body of material for the history of the Order in its first sixty years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3213535 in Books
• Published on: 1987-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 500 pages

Review
"[A] remarkable work."--American Historical Review
"Now at last the complete Book is available; and as an added benefit, Gillian Keir has provided an English translation of the entire text, none of which has appeared before in modern English. This volume is a delight....Foreville deserves much credit for raising issues which should spur further reflections on the Gilbertines. Without any question, her edition of the Book is a most valuable contribution to medieval studies."--Speculum
"Provide[s] a major source for the understanding of the dynamics of monastic reform in twelfth-century England...[and] illustrates not only contemporary attitudes to miracles and healing, but also social and medical conditions of the time....Should be required reading for all historians of the period and for those with a wider interest in women's spirituality in the Middle Ages."--Times Literary Supplement