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Aelfric and the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England

by Mechthild Gretsch

  • Paperback
  • 276 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

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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. 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, 'lfric is the most important author, and his saints' Lives have never previously been explored in their contemporary setting. In this study, Gretsch analyses 'lfric's Lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England. This gives the reader fascinating glimpses of "lfric 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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  • Author

    Mechthild Gretsch

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2009

  • Weight

    409g

  • Page Count

    276

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521093071

  • ISBN-10

    0521093074

  • Eden Code

    1245376

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