Miscellanies of Histories: Perception of the Past and Historiographical Agency of Late Medieval Compilers
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René Hernández
Abstract
This chapter considers the production of miscellanies by and for Franciscan Observants in late medieval Italy. It argues that historical texts were an important component of these multi-text manuscripts because it helped with the institutionalization of the reformed movement and enabled its users to bolster and legitimate an uninterrupted and deep connection with the past. The chapter surveys a selection of manuscripts of friars from San Francesco Grande in Padua. Historical texts in these manuscripts could serve as models for composition, supply examples for preaching and pastoral care, and provide historical knowledge. A comparison with manuscripts from thirteenth- and sixteenth-century Spain shows that the strategies used by the Franciscans were widespread.
Abstract
This chapter considers the production of miscellanies by and for Franciscan Observants in late medieval Italy. It argues that historical texts were an important component of these multi-text manuscripts because it helped with the institutionalization of the reformed movement and enabled its users to bolster and legitimate an uninterrupted and deep connection with the past. The chapter surveys a selection of manuscripts of friars from San Francesco Grande in Padua. Historical texts in these manuscripts could serve as models for composition, supply examples for preaching and pastoral care, and provide historical knowledge. A comparison with manuscripts from thirteenth- and sixteenth-century Spain shows that the strategies used by the Franciscans were widespread.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- List of Figures XI
- Notes on Contributors XVII
- Introduction: History, Manuscripts, Making 1
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I Strategies of Production
- Assemblages and History in a Medieval French Manuscript from Corbie, ca. 1295: Copenhagen, Kongelige Biblioteket, GKS 487 f° 23
- Writing with the Book: History through the Codex and the Materiality of Autography 47
- Miscellanies of Histories: Perception of the Past and Historiographical Agency of Late Medieval Compilers 71
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II The Stakes of Adaptation
- Writing History with Bede’s Martyrology, 800–1200 95
- Adaptation and Affect in Orderic Vitalis’s Historia ecclesiastica 117
- From Little Egypt to Zurich: Chronicling Romani Immigrants with Late Medieval Manuscripts 141
- Making History in the Renaissance with Medieval Manuscripts: Jean Le Féron and the Grandes chroniques de France 171
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III Configuring History
- Medieval Monastic Manuscripts after the Middle Ages: The Case of St. Nikolaus in undis at Strasbourg 199
- History Branches Out: Narrative and Chronology in Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 147 225
- Fabulous History: Painting History in Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 5069 253
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IV Response
- Making History with Manuscripts: Response 287
- General Index 303
- Manuscripts Cited 315
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- List of Figures XI
- Notes on Contributors XVII
- Introduction: History, Manuscripts, Making 1
-
I Strategies of Production
- Assemblages and History in a Medieval French Manuscript from Corbie, ca. 1295: Copenhagen, Kongelige Biblioteket, GKS 487 f° 23
- Writing with the Book: History through the Codex and the Materiality of Autography 47
- Miscellanies of Histories: Perception of the Past and Historiographical Agency of Late Medieval Compilers 71
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II The Stakes of Adaptation
- Writing History with Bede’s Martyrology, 800–1200 95
- Adaptation and Affect in Orderic Vitalis’s Historia ecclesiastica 117
- From Little Egypt to Zurich: Chronicling Romani Immigrants with Late Medieval Manuscripts 141
- Making History in the Renaissance with Medieval Manuscripts: Jean Le Féron and the Grandes chroniques de France 171
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III Configuring History
- Medieval Monastic Manuscripts after the Middle Ages: The Case of St. Nikolaus in undis at Strasbourg 199
- History Branches Out: Narrative and Chronology in Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 147 225
- Fabulous History: Painting History in Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 5069 253
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IV Response
- Making History with Manuscripts: Response 287
- General Index 303
- Manuscripts Cited 315
