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7 publications between 2007 and 2016 indexed

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Elijah and the Irish saint

Johnson, Máire, “Elijah and the Irish saint”, Eolas: The Journal of the American Society of Irish Medieval Studies 9 (2016): 2–18.  

abstract:

The medieval Lives of Ireland’s saints constitute one of the island’s largest bodies of evidence from the Middle Ages. These texts draw upon many sources for their textual inspiration, using models from the Bible, numerous apocryphal works, and from vernacular saga and romance to construct the image of the holy men and women they commemorate. In Ireland, these textual models often focus upon the Prophet Elijah and, by extension, his associate Elisha, a focus that has not previously been studied. These Elijan parallels not only reveal elements of the Irish hagiographers’ views of how to construct holiness, but also suggest the hagiographers’ arguments for the early Church as Ireland’s sole unifying spiritual and political force.

abstract:

The medieval Lives of Ireland’s saints constitute one of the island’s largest bodies of evidence from the Middle Ages. These texts draw upon many sources for their textual inspiration, using models from the Bible, numerous apocryphal works, and from vernacular saga and romance to construct the image of the holy men and women they commemorate. In Ireland, these textual models often focus upon the Prophet Elijah and, by extension, his associate Elisha, a focus that has not previously been studied. These Elijan parallels not only reveal elements of the Irish hagiographers’ views of how to construct holiness, but also suggest the hagiographers’ arguments for the early Church as Ireland’s sole unifying spiritual and political force.

The injury of insult: punishing verbal assault in Ireland’s medieval hagiography.

Johnson, Máire, “The injury of insult: punishing verbal assault in Ireland’s medieval hagiography.”, The Australian Celtic Journal 13 (2015): 9–32.

The Vita I S. Brigitae and De duodecim abusiuis saeculi

Johnson, Máire, “The Vita I S. Brigitae and De duodecim abusiuis saeculi”, Studia Celtica Fennica 9 (2012): 22–35.  

abstract:

The Vita I S Brigitae and De Duodecim Abusivis Saeculi’ considers several similarities in the lessons offered by the anonymous vita of Ireland’s famed Saint Brigit of Kildare and the sermons of De Duodecim Abusivis, an Hiberno-Latin work of the seventh century generally fathered on Cyprian. Of particular importance here is the discourse that De Duodecim proffers concerning the dives sine eleemosyna, the Christianus contentiosus and the pauper superbus, which appears to be echoed in the interactions between Saint Brigit and her followers in the Vita I. These parallels provide clues to the evolution of the hagiographical dossier of Ireland’s chief female saint, and permit the proposal of a modest stemma for several of its constituents. In addition, it is hoped that the apparently-shared messages of vita and homily may also suggest potential avenues for additional future analyses.

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abstract:

The Vita I S Brigitae and De Duodecim Abusivis Saeculi’ considers several similarities in the lessons offered by the anonymous vita of Ireland’s famed Saint Brigit of Kildare and the sermons of De Duodecim Abusivis, an Hiberno-Latin work of the seventh century generally fathered on Cyprian. Of particular importance here is the discourse that De Duodecim proffers concerning the dives sine eleemosyna, the Christianus contentiosus and the pauper superbus, which appears to be echoed in the interactions between Saint Brigit and her followers in the Vita I. These parallels provide clues to the evolution of the hagiographical dossier of Ireland’s chief female saint, and permit the proposal of a modest stemma for several of its constituents. In addition, it is hoped that the apparently-shared messages of vita and homily may also suggest potential avenues for additional future analyses.

De duodecim abusivis saeculiVita prima sanctae Brigitae

Apocryphal sanctity in the Lives of Irish saints

Johnson, Máire, “Apocryphal sanctity in the Lives of Irish saints”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 29 (2009, 2011): 91–114.

Preserving the body Christian: the motif of ‘recapitation’ in Ireland’s medieval hagiography

Johnson, Máire, “Preserving the body Christian: the motif of ‘recapitation’ in Ireland’s medieval hagiography”, The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe 10 (May, 2007). URL: <http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/10/johnson.html>.

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Contributions to edited collections or authored works

In the bursting of an eye: blinding and blindness in Ireland’s medieval hagiography

Johnson, Máire, “In the bursting of an eye: blinding and blindness in Ireland’s medieval hagiography”, in: Larissa Tracy, and Kelly DeVries (eds), Wounds and wound repair in medieval culture, 1, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2015. 448–471.

Medicine and miracle: law enforcement in the Lives of Irish saints

Johnson, Máire, “Medicine and miracle: law enforcement in the Lives of Irish saints”, in: Wendy Turner, and Sara Butler (eds), Medicine and the law in the middle ages, 17, Leiden: Brill, 2014. 288–316.  

abstract:

The nexus of law, medicine, and miracle lies at the heart of and serves to underline issues of status in the Lives of Ireland's saints. The Irish society visible in the vernacular law tracts of the seventh and eighth centuries is heavily stratified. One of the signal elements of status about which the Lives offer a merging of medicine, law, and miracle involves the expectations placed on women. Sovereignty is an issue on which the saints' acts frequently offer a miraculous and medical commentary. The saints of Ireland's medieval vitae and bethada move through a hagiographical society in which the tenets of vernacular law figure prominently. The present analysis has explored numerous cases in which saints inflicted medical miracles upon members of their community in the service of upholding and defining the laws of early Ireland, with particular emphasis on the proper recognition of the saint's position.

abstract:

The nexus of law, medicine, and miracle lies at the heart of and serves to underline issues of status in the Lives of Ireland's saints. The Irish society visible in the vernacular law tracts of the seventh and eighth centuries is heavily stratified. One of the signal elements of status about which the Lives offer a merging of medicine, law, and miracle involves the expectations placed on women. Sovereignty is an issue on which the saints' acts frequently offer a miraculous and medical commentary. The saints of Ireland's medieval vitae and bethada move through a hagiographical society in which the tenets of vernacular law figure prominently. The present analysis has explored numerous cases in which saints inflicted medical miracles upon members of their community in the service of upholding and defining the laws of early Ireland, with particular emphasis on the proper recognition of the saint's position.