"The Clerk of Rome": A Miracle of the Virgin before the Twelfth-Century Reforms

This article supplies an edition and translation to "The Clerk of Rome": an unpublished miracle of the Virgin which is one of the earliest such miracle accounts extant. Before providing this edition, the article also evaluates the three manuscript witnesses, compares "The Clerk of Rom...

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Main Author: Ristuccia, Nathan J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols [2018]
In: Revue bénédictine
Year: 2018, Volume: 128, Issue: 2, Pages: 327-346
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person / Miracle story / History 1050-1125
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
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Summary:This article supplies an edition and translation to "The Clerk of Rome": an unpublished miracle of the Virgin which is one of the earliest such miracle accounts extant. Before providing this edition, the article also evaluates the three manuscript witnesses, compares "The Clerk of Rome" to related miracles, and discusses what can be known about the tale's origins and purpose. This article argues that the tale was written in the city of Rome around the turn of the millennium, probably in the course of some conflict over the expropriation of church property.
ISSN:2295-9009
Contains:Enthalten in: Revue bénédictine
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1484/J.RB.5.116426