MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012532255
003 DLC
005 20150110080329.0
008 130308s2012 enk b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2012532255
016 7 $a016110980$2Uk
020 $a9780199596409
020 $a0199596409
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn780482800
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dBDX$dUKMGB$dYDXCP$dYNK$dCDX$dBWX$dGUA$dOCLCO$dCUT$dZCU$dSTF$dUBY$dCUD$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN682.I47$bM87 2012
100 1 $aMurdoch, Brian,$d1944-
245 10 $aGregorius :$ban incestuous saint in medieval Europe and beyond /$cBrian Murdoch.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$cc2012.
300 $ax, 270 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-263) and indexes.
505 0 $a1. Hystoria Rara, sed Graciosa -- 2. France and England: Saint Grégoire and Seynt Gregory -- 3. Germany: Hartmann's Gregorius and the Latin poems -- 4. A European prose tradition: hagiography, exempla, and the Gesta Romanorum -- 5. Degenerations: chap-books, plays, late legends, and folktales -- 6. From the Romantics to Thomas Mann and beyond -- 7. Invisible sin.
520 8 $aThe story of the apocryphal pope and saint Gregorius was extremely popular throughout the middle ages and later in Europe and beyond.This book traces the story from its English or French origins through its many variations from Iceland to Egypt and from the twelfth to the twenty-first century.--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 $aGregorius (Legendary character)
650 0 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aIncest in literature.
650 0 $aChristian saints in literature.
650 0 $aRepentance in literature.
650 0 $aRomances$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aChristian hagiography$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aChristian saints$xLegends$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aChristian literature$xHistory and criticism.
600 00 $aHartmann,$cvon Aue,$dactive 12th century.$tGregorius.
630 00 $aGesta Romanorum.
650 0 $aChristian hagiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012532255-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012532255-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012532255-t.html