Gregorius: An Incestuous Saint in Medieval Europe and Beyond

Synopsis

The Story Of The Apocryphal Pope And Saint Gregorius Was Extremely Popular Throughout The Middle Ages And Later In Europe And Beyond. This Book Traces The Story From Its English Or French Origins Through Its Many Variations From Iceland To Egypt And From The Twelfth To The Twenty-first Century. 1. Hystoria Rara, Sed Graciosa -- 2. France And England: Saint Grégoire And Seynt Gregory -- 3. Germany: Hartmann's Gregorius And The Latin Poems -- 4. A European Prose Tradition: Hagiography, Exempla, And The Gesta Romanorum -- 5. Degenerations: Chap-books, Plays, Late Legends, And Folktales -- 6. From The Romantics To Thomas Mann And Beyond -- 7. Invisible Sin. Brian Murdoch. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [243]-263) And Indexes.