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ISBN:
9780511483349
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England 34
Content:
The cult of saints was one of the most important aspects of life in the Middle Ages, and it often formed the nucleus of developing group identities in a town, a province or a country. The literature of Anglo-Saxon England is unique among contemporary European literatures in that it features a vast amount of saints' Lives in the vernacular. Of these Lives, Ælfric is the most important author, and his saints' Lives have never previously been explored in their contemporary setting. In this study, Gretsch analyses Ælfric's Lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England. This gives the reader fascinating glimpses of 'Ælfric at work': he adapts the cults and rewrites the received Latin hagiography of the five saints, with the result that each of their English Lives conveys a distinct message to the contemporary political elite and to a lay audience at large.
Content:
Aelfric's sanctorale and the Benedictional of Aethelwold -- Gregory : the apostle of the English -- Cuthbert : from Northumbrian saint to saint of all England -- Benedict : father of monks--and what else? -- Swithun and Aethelthryth : two saints 'of our days'
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521093071
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521855419
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521855419
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521093071
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Gretsch, Mechthild Ælfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005 ISBN 9780521093071
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521855411
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521855419
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521855419
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
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English Studies
Keywords:
Aelfric 955-1022
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England
;
Heiligenverehrung
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Geschichte Anfänge-1500
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511483349
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