Rimbert, Vita Anskarii
| Title in English | Rimbert, The life of Anskar |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Monograph |
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| Description | The monograph consists of the translation of the source Vita Anskarii of Rimbert from the 9th Century in Czech, and the introduction of Jarmila Bednaříková and her commentaries. Vita is a biography of the first missionary of Scandinavia. The book contains the Latin original of Vita, too. In the introduction "Anskar and the beginnings of the Christianity of Scandinavia" the author describes the West and North Europe in the 9th Century and the significance of the nominated source. The book contents also a short text devoted to the editions of old manuscripts and the textual critics in common. We can find there some examples from the surviving manuscripts of the Vita Anskarii. |
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