Aelfric and the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
ISBN-10
0521093074
ISBN-13
9780521093071
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 8th, 2009
Print length
276 Pages
Weight
424 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.50 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersLiterary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writersBritish & Irish historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Church historyChristian theologyHistoryEuropean historyChristianity
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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. This book examines five of Ælfric's saints' Lives in their contemporary political and intellectual setting.
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, AElfric is the most important author, and his saints' Lives have never previously been explored in their contemporary setting. In this study, Gretsch analyses AElfric's Lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England. This gives the reader fascinating glimpses of 'AElfric 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.
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