Malachy the Irishman, on Poison: A Study and an Edition by Ralph Hanna

Malachy the Irishman, on Poison: A Study and an Edition

Ralph Hanna

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The 'De venenis' attributed to 'Malachias Hibernicus' is a portable discussion of vices and virtues. Probably composed about 1280, originally as an aid for Franciscan preachers, it adopts the innovative metaphor that sin is a poison removed by var...

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