Gretsch, Mechthild.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.enkCambridge, UKNew YorkCambridge University Press2005monographiceng1 online resource (xi, 263 pages)."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."--Jacket.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'.Mechthild Gretsch.Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and indexes.e-uk-enAbbot of EynshamAelfricAbbot of EynshamAelfricAelfric (Grammaticus)Christian hagiographyHistoryTo 1500Christian saintsCultEnglandHistoryTo 1500AelfricRELIGIONChristian TheologyAngelology & DemonologyChristian hagiographyChristian saintsCultEnglandHeiligenvereringHeiligenverehrungEngland To 1500 fast BX4659.G7 G74 2005eb235/.2/09420902111.52Gretsch, Mechthild.Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005(DLC) 2005012510(OCoLC)60348802051114084397805111408460511140312978051114031005111395439780511139543978051148334905114833419780511140075051114007Xhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=148167http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=148167N$T06050220200709055124.0ocm68045459 eng