Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Everyman) - Softcover

Sharing conventions but differing thematically and technically,together the LIFEOF ST CATHERINE and the LIFE OF ST LAWRENCE provide an insight into the varied relationships between exemplary figures and their audiences in the Anglo-Norman world.The LIFE OF ST CATHERINE is a tale of a woman saint by a woman;the LIFE OFST LAWRENCE the martyrdom of a male saint commissioned by a woman.Rich in sexualand social iconographies that resonate today,the saints'lives,with their dual focus on heaven and earth,are frequently shocking but powerful accounts of the relationship between body and soul in medieval society.

This book is part of the "Everyman" series, which has been totally re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type. The book includes a themed introduction, chronology of life and times of the author, glossaries of Latin and Greek terms and a selection of criticism. Once a famous Anglican clergyman, Newman left his living in the 1840s, recanted his former criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, and entered the priesthood, becoming - ultimately - a cardinal. Framing his "Apologia" in reply to a "grave and gratuitous slander" which he felt Charles Kingsley had made against him, Newman overcame his characteristic shyness and produced one of the masterpieces of spiritual writing: honest, passionate, scrupulous and moving.