TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gretsch,Mechthild
TI  - Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England
T2  - Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England
SN  - 0511140843
AV  - BX4659.G7 G74 2005eb
U1  - 235/.2/094209021 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Aelfric,
KW  - Aelfric (Grammaticus).
KW  - Christian hagiography
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Christian saints
KW  - Cult
KW  - England
KW  - Aelfric
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Angelology & Demonology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Heiligenverering
KW  - gtt
KW  - Heiligenverehrung
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and indexes; 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'
N2  - "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
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