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Author Gretsch, Mechthild.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 34
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 34.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and indexes.
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'.
Summary "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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Subject Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.
Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500.
Christian hagiography.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Christian saints -- Cult -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Christian saints -- Cult.
England.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gretsch, Mechthild. Aelfric and the cult of saints in late Anglo-Saxon England. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521855411 (DLC) 2005012510 (OCoLC)60348802
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