South English Legendary

E717072

Middle English legendary hagiographical collection religious narrative collection

The South English Legendary is a Middle English collection of saints’ lives and religious narratives that was widely read in medieval England.

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Label	Occurrences
South English Legendary canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle English legendary ⓘ hagiographical collection ⓘ religious narrative collection ⓘ
centuryOfCirculation	14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
centuryOfComposition	13th century ⓘ
circulation	widely read in medieval England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dateOfOrigin	late 13th century ⓘ
genre	hagiography ⓘ religious literature ⓘ
hasManuscriptWitness	Bodleian Library manuscripts ⓘ British Library manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	accounts of church feasts ⓘ lives of English saints ⓘ lives of universal saints ⓘ narratives of Christ’s life ⓘ narratives of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
intendedAudience	clergy ⓘ laypeople ⓘ
language	Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryForm	narrative poetry ⓘ verse ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Middle English period NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	religious narratives ⓘ saints’ lives ⓘ
placeOfUse	medieval England ⓘ
relatedWork	Legenda Aurea NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
subjectOfStudy	Middle English literature ⓘ history of devotion in England ⓘ medieval hagiography ⓘ
usedFor	devotional reading ⓘ religious instruction ⓘ

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Saint Cuthman of Steyning → sourceMention → South English Legendary ⓘ