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The following pages should not go forth into the world without due acknowledgment being made to that worthy old Dominie, Richard Johnson, to whose erudite but somewhat unreadable work the author is so largely indebted. As he flourished at the end of the sixteenth century, and the commencement of the seventeenth, great allowances should be made for his style, which is certainly not suited to the taste of this generation. It is to be hoped that the present version, while much of his vivid imagery is retained, may be free from his more glaring errors. And, thus quoting the Dominie's dedication:- "To all courteous readers The Author wisheth encrease of vertuous knowledge. "Gentle readers, in kindness accept my labours, and be not like the chattering cranes, nor Momus' mates, that carp at everything. What the simple say I care not; what the spightful speak I pass not; only the censure of the conceited I stand unto; that is the mark I aym at; whose good likings if I obtain, I have won my race; if not, I faint in the first attempt, and so lose the quiet of my happy goal. "Yours in kindness and command,- "R.J.".

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La biographie de référence de Benoît de Nursie, fondateur de l'ordre des bénédictins au VIe siècle, patriarche des moines d'Occident qui a été désigné par le Saint Siège, en 1964, patron de toute l'Europe. « Messager de paix, artisan d'union, maître de civilisation, et, avant tout, héraut de la religion du Christ et fondateur de la vie monastique en Occident, tels sont les titres qui justifient la glorification de saint Benoît, abbé » : ainsi le pape Paul VI débute-t-il son bref par lequel, en octobre 1964, il proclame ce dernier « patron principal de toute l'Europe ». De Benoît de Nursie, pourtant, né vers 480 en Italie centrale, souvent représentée vêtu d'une coule noire, tenant dans une main une crosse abbatiale et dans l'autre un livre, celui de la Règle dite « de saint Benoît », nous ne savons que peu de choses. Si depuis le VIe siècle des centaines de milliers d'hommes et de femmes, moines et moniales, ont vécu et vivent encore en suivant les principes émis dans ce texte qu'il a rédigé pour guider ses disciples dans la vie monastique communautaire, s'il a réformé le monachisme occidental et fondé plusieurs monastères bénédictins dont celui du Mont-Cassin, ce personnage clé du christianisme occidental demeure une figure mal connue. Odon Hurel, puisant aux meilleures sources et démêlant mythes et réalités, retrace l'histoire de cet homme couramment qualifié de « patriarche des moines d'Occident » et s'attache avec brio à cerner l'originalité de sa Règle et du modèle bénédictin.

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A gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint PatrickSaint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by rumors that he settled in Ireland for financial gain, the man who was to become Ireland's patron saint battled against great odds before succeeding as a missionary. Saint Patrick Retold draws on recent research to offer a fresh assessment of Patrick's travails and achievements. This is the first biography in nearly fifty years to explore Patrick's career against the background of historical events in late antique Britain and Ireland.Roy Flechner examines the likelihood that Patrick, like his father before him, might have absconded from a career as an imperial official responsible for taxation, preferring instead to migrate to Ireland with his family's slaves, who were his source of wealth. Flechner leaves no stone unturned as he takes readers on a riveting journey through Romanized Britain and late Iron Age Ireland, and he considers how best to interpret the ambiguous literary and archaeological evidence from this period of great political and economic instability, a period that brought ruin for some and opportunity for others. Rather than a dismantling of Patrick's reputation, or an argument against his sainthood, Flechner's biography raises crucial questions about self-image and the making of a reputation.From boyhood deeds to the challenges of a missionary enterprise, Saint Patrick Retold steps beyond established narratives to reassess a notable figure's life and legacy.

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