The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90
Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. 

This second volume contains sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.
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The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90
Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. 

This second volume contains sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.
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The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90

The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90

The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90

The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 2 Volume 90

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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. 

This second volume contains sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780879071271
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 08/11/2023
Series: Cistercian Fathers , #90
Pages: 472
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Ronald E. Pepin, received his PhD from Fordham University. In addition to The Lives of Monastic Reformers, 1 and 2 (in collaboration with Hugh Feiss and Maureen O’Brien), his published translations include The Vatican Mythographers (Fordham, 2008), Anselm & Becket (PIMS, 2009), and Sextus Amarcius: Satires (DOML: Harvard, 2011).

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface    vii
Abbreviations    ix
The Dialogue on Miracles    1
     Seventh Section: On Holy Mary    3
     Eighth Section: On Diverse Visions    95
     Ninth Section: On the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood    191
     Tenth Section: On Miracles    255
     Eleventh Section: On the Dying    313
     Twelfth Section: On the Rewards of the Dead    373
Index    435
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