{"product_id":"the-golden-legend-isbn-9780140446487","title":"The Golden Legend","description":"One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Legend\u003c\/i\u003e deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained glass with its fascinating descriptions of saints' lives and religious festivals. By creating a single-volume sourcebook of core Christian stories, Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1229-98) attracted a huge audience across Europe. This selection of over seventy biographies ranges from the first Apostles and Roman martyrs to near-contemporaries such as St Dominic, St Francis of Assissi and St Elizabeth of Hungary. Here, witnesses to the true faith endure horrific tortures; reformed prostitutes win divine forgiveness; while other women live disguised as monks or nobly resist lustful tyrants. Lucid and compelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Legend\u003c\/i\u003e offers an enthralling insight into the medieval mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Introduction\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003e1. St. Andrew, Apostle: 30 November\u003cbr\u003e2. St. Nicholas, 6 December\u003cbr\u003e3. St. Ambrose, 7 December\u003cbr\u003e4. St. Lucy, Virgin, 13 December\u003cbr\u003e5. St. Thomas, Apostle, 21 December\u003cbr\u003e6. St. Anastasia, 25 December\u003cbr\u003e7. St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, 27 December\u003cbr\u003e8. St. Thomas of Canterbury, 29 December\u003cbr\u003e9. St. Hilary, 13 January\u003cbr\u003e10. St. Anthony, Abbot, 17 January\u003cbr\u003e11. St. Sebastian, 20 January\u003cbr\u003e12. St. Agnes, Virgin, 21 January\u003cbr\u003e13. St. Vincent, 22 January\u003cbr\u003e14. St. John the Almsgiver, 23 January\u003cbr\u003e15. St. Ignatius, 1 February\u003cbr\u003e16. St. Blaise, 3 February\u003cbr\u003e17. St. Agatha, Virgin, 3 February\u003cbr\u003e18. St. Amand, 6 February\u003cbr\u003e19. St. Juliana, 16 February\u003cbr\u003e20. St. Matthias, Apostle, 24 February\u003cbr\u003e21. St. Gregory, 12 March\u003cbr\u003e22. St. Longinus, 15 March\u003cbr\u003e23. St. Bendict, 21 March\u003cbr\u003e24. St. Mary of Egypt, 2 April\u003cbr\u003e25. St. George, 23 April\u003cbr\u003e26. St. Mark, Evangelist, 25 April\u003cbr\u003e27. St. Marcellinus, Pope, 26 April\u003cbr\u003e28. St. James the Less, Apostle, 1 May\u003cbr\u003e29. St. Petronilla, 31 May\u003cbr\u003e30. St. Barnabas, Apostle, 11 June\u003cbr\u003e31. St. Basil, Bishop, 14 June\u003cbr\u003e32. Sts. Quiricus and His Mother Julitta, 16 June\u003cbr\u003e33. Sts. Gervase and Protase, 19 June\u003cbr\u003e34. St. Peter, Apostle, 29 June\u003cbr\u003e35. St. Paul, Apostle, 30 June\u003cbr\u003e36. St. Alexis, 17 July\u003cbr\u003e37. St. Margaret, 20 July\u003cbr\u003e38. St. Mary Magdalene, 22 July\u003cbr\u003e39. St. Christopher, 25 July\u003cbr\u003e40. The Seven Sleepers, 27 July\u003cbr\u003e41. St. Martha, 29 July\u003cbr\u003e42. St. Germain, Bishop, 31 July\u003cbr\u003e43. St. Dominic, 4 August\u003cbr\u003e44. St. Laurence, Martyr, 10 August\u003cbr\u003e45. St. Bernard, 20 August\u003cbr\u003e46. St. Bartholomew, 24 August\u003cbr\u003e47. St. Giles, 1 September\u003cbr\u003e48. St. Theodora, 11 September\u003cbr\u003e49. St. Euphemia, 16 September\u003cbr\u003e50. St. Eustace, 20 September\u003cbr\u003e51. St. Justina, 26 September\u003cbr\u003e52. Sts. Cosmas and Damian, 27 September\u003cbr\u003e53. St. Jerome, 30 September\u003cbr\u003e54. St. Remy, 1 October\u003cbr\u003e55. St. Francis, 4 October\u003cbr\u003e56. St. Pelagia, 8 October\u003cbr\u003e57. St. Thais, Courtesan, 8 October\u003cbr\u003e58. Sts. Dionysius, Rusticus and Eleutherius, 9 October\u003cbr\u003e59. The Eleven THousand Virgins, 21 October\u003cbr\u003e60. Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria, 2561. Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles, 28 October\u003cbr\u003e62. St. Quentin, 31 October\u003cbr\u003e63. The Four Crowned Martyrs, 8 November\u003cbr\u003e64. St. Martin, Bishop, 11 November\u003cbr\u003e65. St. Brice, 13 November\u003cbr\u003e66. St. Elizabeth, 19 November\u003cbr\u003e67. St. Cecilia, 22 November\u003cbr\u003e68. St. Clement, 23 November\u003cbr\u003e69. St. Catherine, 25 November\u003cbr\u003e70. St. James the Mutilated, 27 November\u003cbr\u003e71. Sts. Barlaam and Josaphat, 27 November\u003cbr\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003cbr\u003eTextual Variants\u003cb\u003eJacobus de Voragine\u003c\/b\u003e (c.1229-98) was the medieval Archbishop of Genoa. He entered the Dominican Order in 1244 and became prior of the Order in Lombardy in 1267. In 1292 he became Archbishop and in this capacity was actively engaged in peacemaking between the local feuding families.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301390995685,"sku":"NP9780140446487","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140446487.jpg?v=1767739578","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-golden-legend-isbn-9780140446487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}