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Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England / Mechthild Gretsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gretsch, Mechthild, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 34.
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.
- Aelfric.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- Christian saints--Cult--England--History--To 1500.
- Christian saints.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Aelfric & the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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'.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-257) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-15537-1
- 1-280-30904-0
- 0-511-14031-2
- 0-511-13954-3
- 0-511-14084-3
- 0-511-48334-1
- 0-511-31222-9
- 0-511-14007-X
- OCLC:
- 437160099
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