Editorial

Abstract

medieval worlds provides a forum for comparative, interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to overcome disciplinary boundaries, regional limits and national research traditions in Medieval Studies, to open up new spaces for discussion, and to help developing global perspectives. We focus on the period from c. 400 to 1500 CE but do not stick to rigid periodization. medieval worlds is open to submissions of broadly comparative studies and matters of global interest, whether in single articles, companion papers, smaller clusters, or special issues on a subject of global/comparative history. We particularly invite studies of wide-ranging connectivity or comparison between different world regions. Apart from research articles, medieval worlds publishes ongoing debates and project and conference reports on comparative medieval research. Medieval Biographical Collections: Perspectives from Buddhist, Christian and Islamic Worlds Guest editors: Daniel Mahoney, Diarmuid Ó Riain and Giorgia Vocino Editorial Walter Pohl and Ingrid Hartl Introduction Medieval Biographical Collections in Comparison Daniel Mahoney and Giorgia Vocino Introductory Comparative Chapters Compilation Strategies Daniel Mahoney and Diarmuid Ó Riain Writing Strategies Reinier Langelaar, Giorgia Vocino and Veronika Wieser Audience and Reception Rutger Kramer and Graeme Ward Case Studies Many Lives, One Story: The Gesta Sanctorum Rotonensium and the Making of Redon Rutger Kramer Biography and Hierarchy: The Tibetan Ruling House of Phag-mo-gru and the Singular Volume of the Rlangs (Rlangs-kyi-po-ti-bse-ru) Reinier Langelaar Reading Jerome’s De viris illustribus in the Post-Roman World: Cataloguing Community in Gennadius of Marseille and Frechulf of Lisieux Graeme Ward and Veronika Wieser Shaping Community through Biographical Collections from South Arabia: A Comparison of Two Ṭabaqāt-works Johann Heiss Compiling the Deeds of Salzburg Saints: The 12th-Century De episcopis Salisburgensibus and the Monastery of Admont Diarmuid Ó Riain Obituaries in Service of the Rasūlid Sultanate in Yemen at the Turn of the 9th/15th Century Daniel Mahoney Creating a Sense of Glorious Destiny. Mastery of Speech in the Libellus de Situ Civitatis Mediolani (Late 10th-Early 11th Centuries) Giorgia Vocino Conclusion Communities and Contexts: Concluding Thoughts on Medieval Biographical Collections Diarmuid Ó Riain