This study examines hagiographers’ changing literary tropes as subtle but important reflections of medieval Christianity’s evolution from rejecting the sword to tolerating and even wielding it. H
Narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England
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This dissertation investigates narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England. Specifically, it examines the ways in which the bodies of holy men and women were constructed through such narratives and read in local appropriations of emblematic vitae and passiones.
Writing the Order: Religious-Political Discourses in Late Anglo-Saxon England
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The issue of how authority was created, maintained and defined in religious terms by the written word is therefore the main concern throughout this study.
The Liturgical Context of Ælfric’s Homilies for Rogation
February 12, 2012 By
To search out Ælfric’s sources is also to inquire into his method of composition, to guess at the principles that guided him to some sources and away from others. Malcolm Godden has provided a remarkably full list of Ælfric’s sources, and suggests that Ælfric relied on relatively few volumes to compose his homilies.
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