| Aelfric and the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England Contributor(s): Gretsch, Mechthild (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521093074 ISBN-13: 9780521093071 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $48.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: A study of AElfric's saint's Lives in their contemporary political and intellectual setting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 235.209 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. This study analyzes the most important author Aelfric's lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England, providing the reader fascinating glimpses of 'Aelfric at work'. He adapts the cults and rewrites the received Latin hagiography so that each of their lives conveys a distinct message to the contemporary political elite as well as to a lay audience at large. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gretsch, Mechthild: - Mechthild Gretsch is Professor in the Department of English at Gottingen University. Her previous books include The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform (also in the Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England series, 1999), and she has published articles in various English and German journals, including Anglo-Saxon England. |