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Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England / Mechthild Gretsch.

By: Series: Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 34.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511140843
  • 9780511140846
  • 0511140312
  • 9780511140310
  • 0511139543
  • 9780511139543
  • 9780511483349
  • 0511483341
  • 9780511140075
  • 051114007X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England.DDC classification:
  • 235/.2/094209021 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4659.G7 G74 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 11.52
Online resources:
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'.
Review: "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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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'.

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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."--Jacket.

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