Death as Triumph in Castilian Medieval Hagiography
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https://doi.org/10.37536/RPM.2022.36.36.92838Keywords:
Death, Hagiography, Martyrs, Confessors, Berceo, Flos sanctorumAbstract
The typology of death in hagiography is studied here through medieval Castilian works: the four poems that Berceo devoted to saints, and three martyrdoms read in flores sanctorum (Mamés, Vitores y Cristina). The aim is to examine how these seven stories nuance common motifs of hagiography: in the passions, martyrdom is the nucleus of the story, and sufficient proof of sanctity, and so of victory. In the lives of confessors, death is no longer the structural nucleus, but it also fulfils an outstanding function, triumphant too, insofar as it is a pass to Glory.
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