Christians far from Egypt have drawn inspiration from the Life of St Antony, including England’s two most popular pre-Conquest hermit saints
The Bones of St. Cuthbert: Defining a Saint’s Cult in Medieval Northumbria
November 19, 2014 By
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.
Bede’s Temple as History
October 28, 2014 By
Another IHR paper, this time, a talk given about Bede’s writing and his interest in the image of the Temple and its relation to Christianity. This paper also examined how Bede’s views shifted over time. How did Bede view Judaism? Was he truly ambivalent?
The Still Lives of Medieval Objects
May 25, 2013 By
Discussions of the relationship between time and medieval artworks often hinge on examinations of use and reception: how has the meaning of this object changed over time?
A monk from Melrose? St Cuthbert and the Scots in the later middle ages, c. 1371–1560
October 5, 2012 By
Whilst in theory the cult of the saints was a universal phenomenon, in practice saints and their shrines were often appropriated to regnal, local or institutional causes.
British Library announces £9m campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
July 15, 2011 By
The British Library has announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the United Kingdom. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of Britain’s foremost saints, the Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book and one of the world’s most significant books. A manuscript copy of the […]
‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede
May 29, 2011 By
‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede Brown, Michelle P. The Heroic Age, Issue 4, Winter (2001) Abstract In this paper I discuss the role of the book in a nascent Christian culture and focus in upon its value as a cult object, with particular reference to the […]
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