Writing and rewriting the life of the Virgin in Iceland in the Middle Ages (13th-14th centuries), "Maríu saga" : study and translation

• Main Author: Fairise, Christelle
• Other Authors: Toulouse 2, Université catholique de Louvain (1970-.), Lacroix, Daniel, Burnet, Régis, Van Hemelryck, Tania
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Moyen âge; Maríu saga; Vies de la Vierge; Sagas islandaises; Littérature hagiographique; Évangiles apocryphes; Mariologie; Théologie médiévale; Middle Ages; Lives of the Virgin; Icelandic Sagas; Hagiographical Literature; Apocryphal Gospels; Mariology; Medieval Theology; relig; litt; La Vierge; Marian; Vierge; Iceland; Islande
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU20053

Maríu saga is an anonymous hagiographic saga relating the story of Mary’s life, from her Conception to her Assumption, written in the vernacular and composed in the monastic milieu between the last third of the thirteenth century and the second half of the fourteenth century in Iceland. Coupled with...