Abstract
La Vie de saint Gilles, texto anglonormando de finales del siglo XII escrito por Guillaume de Berneville, es una reescritura de una Vitae latina del siglo X. Las Vidas en lenguas vernáculas surgidas en el contexto anglonormando tienen como finalidad la de edificar a los fieles, a la vez que la de entretener y divertir. Guillaume de Berneville no duda en alternar motivos literarios paganos, con motivos hagiográficos tradicionales, para hacer más accesible la Vida a un público laico. El objetivo de este trabajo es el de analizar cómo el autor utiliza el motivo de la comida y el ayuno, uno de los preceptos del ascetismo, a la hora de estructurar y dar coherencia a su relato hagiográfico. La Vie de saint Gilles, an Anglo-Norman text from the late twelfth century written by Guillaume de Berneville, is a rewriting of a Latin Vitae from the tenth century. Lives in vernacular languages emerged in the Anglo-Norman context are intended to edify the faithful, as well as giving entertainment and fun. Guillaume de Berneville does not hesitate to alternate pagan literary motifs with traditional hagiographic motifs, to make Life more accessible to a lay public. The objective of this work is to analyse how the author uses the motive of food and fasting, one of the precepts of asceticism, when structuring and giving coherence to his hagiographic account.
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