Rebel angels : space and sovereignty in Anglo-Saxon England / Jill Fitzgerald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Jill, author.

Series:

Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 26.

Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonology--England--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Demonology.

Theomachy--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Theomachy.

English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Themes, motives.

English literature.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Themes, motives.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Angels in literature.

Devil in literature.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume examines the 'fall of the angels' tradition in early medieval sermons, saints' lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Lands idle and unused

The anxiety of inheritance

Rebel clerics, monastic replacements

The angels' share

A homeland as a possession

A new praedestinati in Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos?

Afterword

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 26, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526129109

1526129108

OCLC:

1311952422