Medievalists.net » Ælfric of Eynsham http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Soldier saints and holy warriors: Warfare and sanctity in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53811 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39718 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Writing the Order: Religious-Political Discourses in Late Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/writing-the-order-religious-political-discourses-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/writing-the-order-religious-political-discourses-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:22:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30344 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/writing-the-order-religious-political-discourses-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 The Liturgical Context of Ælfric’s Homilies for Rogation http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-liturgical-context-of-aelfrics-homilies-for-rogation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-liturgical-context-of-aelfrics-homilies-for-rogation/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29223 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-liturgical-context-of-aelfrics-homilies-for-rogation/feed/ 0 Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/virginity-and-the-married-virgin-saints-in-%c3%a6lfrics-lives-of-saints-the-translation-of-an-ideal/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/virginity-and-the-married-virgin-saints-in-%c3%a6lfrics-lives-of-saints-the-translation-of-an-ideal/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:54:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25222 Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal Smith, Liesl Ruth Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy,Graduate Department of Medieval Studies,University of Toronto (2000) Abstract Among the narratives included in his Lives of Saints, Ælfric of Eynsham translates three passiones of married-virgin saints: Passio Sancti Iuliani et Sponse Eius Basilisse, […]

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