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The Golden Legend: Lives of the Saints - The Legenda Aurea

By Jacobus De Voragine, William Caxton (Translator)
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By Jacobus De Voragine, William Caxton (Translator)
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The famous saint biographies by 13th century chronicler Jacobus de Voragine are a classic of Christian literature; this edition contains the scholarly translations to English by William Caxton.

Living at a time when biography mainly concerned religious figures and their significance to the church, de Voragine held a privileged position as a researcher of old texts. The Golden Legend - known as the Legenda Aurea in the original Latin - met with approval when it was published in the 13th centu...

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