Medievalists.net » Patrick Geary http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Bones of St. Cuthbert: Defining a Saint’s Cult in Medieval Northumbria http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/19/bones-st-cuthbert-defining-saints-cult-medieval-northumbria/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/19/bones-st-cuthbert-defining-saints-cult-medieval-northumbria/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:57:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54235 This paper investigates the social, political, and religious changes and tensions which surrounded the cult of St. Cuthbert in medieval Northumbria. Specific comparisons are made between the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods in English history, and how St. Cuthbert's cult responded to the Norman Conquest in 1066.

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