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Hagiographies: Histoire internationale de la littérature hagiographique latine et vernaculaire en Occident des origines à 1550. Vol. V Under the direction of Guy Philippart. [Corpus Christianorum, Hagiographies V] (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010. Pp. 808. euro275,00. ISBN 978-2-503-52583-9.)
This book is the fifth and final volume of a formidable enterprise begun more than thirty years ago, a definitive set of essays on the state of the field of the study of medieval hagiography. The volume begins with a "Table générale des matières" that sets forth a very logical order of essays, beginning with "Antiquity" (essays on Latin Africa, Europe, and St. Jerome); Italy (seven chronological periods from 300-1550, each with geographically-based essays on South, Central and North Italy); and similarly divided sections...