Christopher Stace

Christopher Stace is an independent scholar. After reading Classics at Cambridge, he embarked on a career of teaching and writing. He has translated Greek tragedy, Roman comedy, the Legends of the lives of St Francis, St Clare and St George, the 13th century Golden Legend, and made a wide variety of contributions to periodicals in the UK and Italy, including reviews for The Times Literary Supplement. His most recent publications have been an analysis of the 17th century Franciscan fresco-cycle...See more

Christopher Stace is an independent scholar. After reading Classics at Cambridge, he embarked on a career of teaching and writing. He has translated Greek tragedy, Roman comedy, the Legends of the lives of St Francis, St Clare and St George, the 13th century Golden Legend, and made a wide variety of contributions to periodicals in the UK and Italy, including reviews for The Times Literary Supplement. His most recent publications have been an analysis of the 17th century Franciscan fresco-cycle at Borgo a Mozzano in Tuscany, A sua immagine (2018); translations of the 13/14th century Gesta Romanorum (2016); the 17th century Pentameron of Giambattista Basile (2018); and the monumental 14th century Conformities of Bartholomew of Pisa (3 vols., 2020). See less