The Talents of Jacopo Da Varagine: A Genoese Mind in Medieval Europe

by Steven A. Epstein

Jacopo da Varagine (c. 1228-1298) is remembered today primarily for his immensely popular work The Golden Legend, a massive collection of stories about the saints. Compiled over the years 1260-67, The Golden Legend quickly eclipsed earlier collections of saints' lives. One indication of its popularity is the fact that so many manuscript copies of the work have survived--more than one thousand according to some estimates. Despite the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700502
• ISBN13: 9781501700507
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher