Medievalists.net » St. Cuthbert 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 Cuthbert, Guthlac and the Life of St Antony http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/26/cuthbert-guthlac-and-the-life-of-st-antony/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/26/cuthbert-guthlac-and-the-life-of-st-antony/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2015 03:32:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59236 Christians far from Egypt have drawn inspiration from the Life of St Antony, including England’s two most popular pre-Conquest hermit saints

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/26/cuthbert-guthlac-and-the-life-of-st-antony/feed/ 0 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/19/bones-st-cuthbert-defining-saints-cult-medieval-northumbria/feed/ 0 Bede’s Temple as History http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:13:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53699 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?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/feed/ 0 The Still Lives of Medieval Objects http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-still-lives-of-medieval-objects/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-still-lives-of-medieval-objects/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 16:52:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41354 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?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-still-lives-of-medieval-objects/feed/ 0 A monk from Melrose? St Cuthbert and the Scots in the later middle ages, c. 1371–1560 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/a-monk-from-melrose-st-cuthbert-and-the-scots-in-the-later-middle-ages-c-1371-1560/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/a-monk-from-melrose-st-cuthbert-and-the-scots-in-the-later-middle-ages-c-1371-1560/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:15:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36244 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/a-monk-from-melrose-st-cuthbert-and-the-scots-in-the-later-middle-ages-c-1371-1560/feed/ 0 British Library announces £9m campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/15/british-library-announces-9m-campaign-to-acquire-the-st-cuthbert-gospel-%e2%80%93-the-earliest-intact-european-book/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/15/british-library-announces-9m-campaign-to-acquire-the-st-cuthbert-gospel-%e2%80%93-the-earliest-intact-european-book/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:30:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22804 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/15/british-library-announces-9m-campaign-to-acquire-the-st-cuthbert-gospel-%e2%80%93-the-earliest-intact-european-book/feed/ 0 ‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/in-the-beginning-was-the-word-books-and-faith-in-the-age-of-bede/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/in-the-beginning-was-the-word-books-and-faith-in-the-age-of-bede/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 14:55:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21203 ‘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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