Miracles of Our Lady
Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form throughout the Middle Ages. Milagros Nuestra Senora, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is not only a premier example of this genre but is also widely regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. These miracle tales use the verse form cuaderna via (fourfold way) of fully rhymed...
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Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form throughout the Middle Ages. Milagros Nuestra Senora, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is not only a premier example of this genre but is also widely regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. These miracle tales use the verse form cuaderna via (fourfold way) of fully rhymed quatrains - which Berceo may even have invented - and are told in the language of the common man. They were written to be read aloud, most likely to an audience of pilgrims, and are an outstanding example of oral religious narrative. The total work comprises twenty-five miracles, preceded by a renowned introduction that celebrates the Virgin in rich symbolic allegory.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsTranslators' Introduction1Introduction211The Chasuble of Saint Ildephonsus282The Fornicating Sexton323The Cleric and the Flower364The Virgin's Reward385The Charitable Pauper416The Devout Thief437Saint Peter and the Proud Monk468The Pilgrim Deceived by the Devil499The Simple Cleric5410The Two Brothers5711The Greedy Farmer6212The Prior and Uberto the Sexton6413Jeronimo, the New Bishop of Pavia6814The Image Miraculously Spared by the Flames7015The Wedding and the Virgin7316The Little Jewish Boy7717Saint Mary's Church Profaned8118The Jews of Toledo8619The Pregnant Woman Saved by the Virgin8920The Drunk Monk9321The Pregnant Abbess9822The Shipwrecked Pilgrim Saved by the Virgin10923The Merchant of Byzantium11424 (25)The Robbed Church12325 (24)The Miracle of Theophilus129Selected Bibliography148Index156
\ From the Publisher"What a joy that this most important mediaeval work, believed to be the first written in castellano, has at last been translated by two scholars as a labor of love." -- British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and S\ "A very useful book, chiefly because the layout enables readers -- who may nearly always rely on the accuracy of the translation -- to locate very quickly the counterpart of any line in the Spanish original. This accurate translation and useful introduction will be of great service to the interdisciplinary study of Marian miracle literature." -- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies\ "Berceo combines didacticism and reverence with powerful storytelling and powerful stories, and in this first English translation of the collection, Mount and Cash do justice to the model." -- Choice\ \ \
