Hagiography at the Frontiers: Jocelin of Furness and Insular Politics (Resubmission)

这个项目的主要重点是出版一本关于弗内斯的乔斯林的书，他是生活在13世纪之交的中世纪岛屿上最有影响力的圣徒传记家之一。乔斯林留下了四个重要的生命，即圣帕特里克(爱尔兰的守护神)，圣肯蒂根(格拉斯哥的守护神)，圣沃尔特霍夫(梅尔罗斯的住持)，以及不列颠的圣赫勒拿(罗马皇帝君士坦丁大帝的母亲)。乔斯林在英国和爱尔兰著名的教会和世俗领袖的庇护下工作。这些人包括格拉斯哥主教乔斯林、梅尔罗斯住持帕特里克和阿尔斯特征服者约翰·德·库西。乔斯林作为一个历史人物的重要性在某种程度上被忽视了(尽管他圣人传记的重要性是显而易见的)。关于他的工作的概述还没有发表，也许是因为他的工作跨越了现代政治的界限。乔斯林和他的著作都不属于一个国家的历史。作为一名作家，他精通盖尔语、英语、法语和拉丁语。学者们对他是英格兰人、苏格兰人、爱尔兰人还是曼克斯人意见不一，因为他的作品也显示了对不同政治团体身份的同情。正是为了探索乔斯林作品的跨文化意义，这个项目才被提出。乔斯林写了英格兰、爱尔兰、苏格兰和不列颠世界之间的关系，当时国家认同仍处于发展的形成阶段。他这样做是在更广泛的教会改革和政治意识形态潮流以及他在弗内斯的社区的关切和联系的影响下进行的。该项目的成果将包括一本书，其中包含乔斯林的两本生平(《圣瓦尔特霍夫传》和《圣赫勒拿传》)的完整版本和译本，从而使这些主要资料可供进一步研究。进一步的章节将通过研究中世纪弗内斯和修道院(在英格兰、爱尔兰和马恩岛有女儿的房子)的跨文化联系来阐明乔斯林作品的地理和文化背景。乔斯林的作品所处的政治环境也将被探究。乔斯林的经文可以被视为对当代跨境关系的评论，而不是将圣徒传记作为关于圣徒的“事实”的来源。他的作品可以提供一种不同于宪章和编年史的视角。乔斯林本人将与12世纪和13世纪的其他中世纪圣徒传教士进行比较，他们的文化兴趣被对立的政治团体瓜分。除了出版一本书，这个项目还将通过出版一本图文并茂的小册子和一系列知识传授活动来提高人们对乔斯林工作的认识，包括为期两天的会议、讲座和学校参观。这个项目的潜在应用和好处是多种多样的。它将通过向更广泛的受众提供主要资料，通过提供乔斯林作为一位重要的中世纪作家的职业生涯的第一次概述，以及通过提供关于边境关系的新视角来促进研究。该项目还将突出弗内斯修道院的历史意义。该网站位于英国境内一个相对贫困的行政区(见政府统计http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1572&theme=default).遗产产业在南坎布里亚提供了大量的就业机会，对该地区中世纪历史的研究可以与坎伯兰和威斯特莫兰古物和考古协会(见“项目合作伙伴”)、当地组织和游客景点合作，以积极的方式指导。乔斯林的著作也涉及其他地方的当地历史，包括格拉斯哥、梅尔罗斯、阿尔斯特和马恩岛。它们促使人们考虑中世纪不同岛屿政治之间的复杂关系。

The main focus of this project is to produce a book about Jocelin of Furness, one of the most influential hagiographers of the Insular Middle Ages who lived at the turn of the thirteenth century. Four substantial Lives composed by Jocelin survive, namely of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), St Kentigern (patron saint of Glasgow), St Waltheof (abbot of Melrose), and St Helena of Britain (mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great). Jocelin worked under the patronage of prominent British and Irish ecclesiastical and secular leaders. These included Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow; Patrick, abbot of Melrose; and John de Courcy, conqueror of Ulster. Jocelin's significance as a historical figure has been somewhat overlooked (although the significance of his saintly biographies is clear). No overview of his work has yet been published, perhaps because his work ranged across modern political boundaries. Neither Jocelin nor his writings belong to the history of one nation. As an author he displayed familiarity with Gaelic, English, French and Latin. Scholars have disagreed over whether he was English, Scottish, Irish or Manx, for his work also shows sympathy with the identities of different political groups. It is precisely to explore the cross-cultural significance of Jocelin's output that this project is being proposed. Jocelin wrote about relations between England, Ireland, Scotland and the Brittonic world at a time when national identities were still at a formative stage in their development. He did so under the influence of broader currents of ecclesiastical reform and political ideology and the concerns and connections of his community in Furness. The project results will include a book containing complete editions and translations of two of Jocelin's Lives (The 'Life of Saint Waltheof' and the 'Life of Saint Helena') thus making these primary sources available for further research. Further chapters will cast light on the geographical and cultural context of Jocelin's works with a study of the cross cultural connections of medieval Furness and the Abbey (which had daughter houses in England, Ireland and the Isle of Man). The political circumstances of Jocelin's compositions will also be explored. Rather than mining hagiography as a source of 'facts' about saints, Jocelin's texts can be viewed as a commentary on contemporary cross-border relations. His works can provide an alternative viewpoint to charters and chronicles. Jocelin himself will be compared with other medieval hagiographers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries whose cultural interests were split between rival political groups.In addition to producing a book, this project will raise awareness of Jocelin's work through the publication of an illustrated pamphlet and through a series of knowledge transfer activities, including a two-day conference, lectures and school visits. The potential applications and benefits of this project are varied. It will promote research by making primary sources available to a wider audience, by providing the first overview of the career of Jocelin as a significant medieval author, and by giving a new perspective on frontier relations. This project will also highlight the historical significance of Furness Abbey. The site is in a relatively deprived borough within the UK (see government statistics http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1572&theme=default). The heritage industry provides significant employment in South Cumbria and research on the area's medieval past can be directed in a positive way in partnership with the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (See 'Project Partners'), local organisations and visitor attractions. Jocelin's writings also bear on the local history of other places including Glasgow, Melrose, Ulster and the Isle of Man. They invite consideration of thecomplex relationship between different Insular polities in the Middle Ages.