Mechthild Gretsch
Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England
Mechthild Gretsch · 2005
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"In this study, Gretsch analyses Aelfric's Lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England, namely Gregory, the Roman pope; Benedict, the founder of western Monasticism; Cuthbert, the Northumbrian saint; Swithun of Winchester; and Aethelthryth of Ely. This analysis gives the reader 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Series
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 7
- Pages
- 277
- ISBN
- 9780521855419
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