Medieval Exempla in Transition: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers

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Victoria Smirnova

Medieval Exempla in Transition

Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers

Victoria Smirnova

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English

Liturgical Press
07 January 2023

Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian communities & monasticism

Series: Cistercian Studies Series

This study follows the transmission and reception of Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus miraculorum (1219–1223), one of the most compelling and successful Cistercian collections of miracles and memorable events, from the Middle Ages to the present day. It ranges across different media and within different interpretive communities and includes brief summaries of a number of the exempla.

By: Victoria Smirnova
Imprint: Liturgical Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780879071301
ISBN 10: 0879071303
Series: Cistercian Studies Series
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 07 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Abbreviations ix List of Images xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv PART ONE: The White Monks and Their Stories 1. Cistercian Storytelling in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 3 2. Cistercian Exemplum Production in the Late Thirteenth through Fifteenth Centuries 21 3. Cistercian Manuscripts of the Dialogus miraculorum 35 4. Version B of the Dialogus miraculorum 55 5. Version C of the Dialogus miraculorum 71 6. Versions D and E of the Dialogus miraculorum 85 7. Cistercian Readers Interacting with the Dialogus miraculorum 91 8. The Dialogus miraculorum and Other Exempla Collections in Cistercian Libraries 101 PART TWO: Outside Cistercian Walls 9. Regular Canons as Readers of the Dialogus miraculorum 133 10. Benedictines, Carthusians, and Mendicant Friars 159 PART THREE: The Way into Modernity 11. Incunabulum Editions 193 12. Jacob Fischer’s Edition (1591) and the Controversy over Miracles 211 13. Bertrand Tissier’s Edition (1662) 229 14. The Dialogus miraculorum and Its Modern Reception: From Derision to Fascination 239 15. From the Twentieth Century to the Present Day: Academia and Popular Culture 255 Appendix I: Cited Manuscripts of Caesarius’s Dialogus miraculorum 275 Appendix II: Summaries of Nine Exempla added to Version B of the Dialogus miraculorum 279 Appendix III: Other Cited Manuscripts 285 Bibliography 289 General Index 325

FILLIN """" Victoria Smirnova holds a doctoral degree in medieval Latin literature from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2006) and is currently a research fellow in the Bavarian State Library (Munich). She specializes in medieval sermons and exempla with particular emphasis on Caesarius of Heisterbach, to whose works she has dedicated numerous articles. She is also the principal editor of the collection of essays in The Art of Cistercian Persuasion in the Middle Ages and Beyond (2015).

Reviews for Medieval Exempla in Transition: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus Miraculorum and Its Readers

Victoria Smirnova offers us a thorough, philologically accurate, and enjoyable history of Caesarius of Heisterbach, his stories, and their fortune from the twelfth century to the present day. Both an in-depth study of the Dialogus miraculorum and an introduction to Cistercian exemplary literature, Medieval Exempla in Transition is an outstanding work. Clearly written and meticulously researched, this volume will be a required reading for all scholars and students of the Cistercian world. Stefano Mula, Middlebury College Victoria Smirkova has written the story of the pivotal exempla collection of the Middle Ages. By contrast to Caesarius' very long book of 300,000 words, her book is concise but comprehensive. She tells the fascinating story of exempla before and after Caesarius Dialogue and traces the book's Cistercian roots and reception by Cistercians and others from Caesarius' time to our own. For anyone interested in exempla, Cistercians, or Caesarius, this book is required reading. Hugh Feiss, OSB