Instruction
Read these lives of two medieval saints. Both were written in the 700s. These kinds of biographies of saints from medieval Europe, called “hagiographies,” tend to have a lot of similarities, regardless of what saint is being discussed. In what ways are the stories told about the saints’ lives, as described by these authors, similar (or not)? Think about such things as the religious development of each saint, the difficulties they faced, the things they did to promote their religion, and their ultimate fates.
Requires that you read a set of primary sources. Write a 4-5 page paper in response to the essay question and the associated sources. ( That would be a paper of 1000-1300 words, approximately). These are all essentially compare and contrast essays.
Reads:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/willibald-boniface.asp
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/Alcuin-willbrord.asp