{"product_id":"miracles-of-the-virgin-tract-on-abuses-9780674660267","title":"Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on Abuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eNigel of Canterbury’s \u003ci\u003eMiracles of the Virgin,\u003c\/i\u003e the oldest Latin poem about miracles performed by Mary, features lively tales illustrating her boundless mercy. \u003ci\u003eTract on Abuses\u003c\/i\u003e rails against ecclesiastical corruption. Alongside authoritative editions of the Latin texts, this volume offers the first translations of both works into English. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of the earliest Latin poems about miracles performed by the Virgin Mary, composed in twelfth-century Canterbury by a Benedictine monk who inspired Chaucer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNigel (ca. 1135–1198), a Benedictine monk at Christ Church in Canterbury, is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e—a popular satire whose hero Burnellus the Ass is referenced in Chaucer’s \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Nigel’s oeuvre also includes other important poems and hagiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMiracles of the Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e is the oldest Latin poem about miracles performed by Mary. This collection features seventeen lively tales in which the Virgin rescues a disappointed administrator from a pact with the devil, has a Roman emperor killed by a long-dead martyr, saves a Jewish boy from being burned alive, and shields an abbess from the shame of pregnancy. Each story illustrates the boundlessness of Mary’s mercy. In the \u003ci\u003eTract on Abuses,\u003c\/i\u003e a letter that resembles a religious pamphlet, Nigel rails against ecclesiastical corruption and worldly entanglements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside authoritative editions of the Latin texts, this volume offers the first translations of both works into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 203 x 133 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674660267\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nigel of Canterbury","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44098283569402,"sku":"9780674660267","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677240627857_book.jpg?v=1677253790","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/miracles-of-the-virgin-tract-on-abuses-9780674660267","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}