Medievalists.net » Vercelli Book 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 The Cross as Tree: The Wood-of-the-Cross Legends in Middle English and Latin Texts in Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/the-cross-as-tree-the-wood-of-the-cross-legends-in-middle-english-and-latin-texts-in-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/the-cross-as-tree-the-wood-of-the-cross-legends-in-middle-english-and-latin-texts-in-medieval-england/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:07:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38370 The wood-of-the-cross legend is actually a group of narratives that trace the pre- history of the wood used to make Christ's cross back to Old Testament figures, or in some cases back to paradise itself.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/the-cross-as-tree-the-wood-of-the-cross-legends-in-middle-english-and-latin-texts-in-medieval-england/feed/ 0 VAGANTES: Hālnes and hǽlþ:Anglo-Saxon Bodily Wellness http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/29/halnes-and-h%c7%bdlthanglo-saxon-bodily-wellness/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/29/halnes-and-h%c7%bdlthanglo-saxon-bodily-wellness/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:38:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30556 Since most of the surviving mentions of wellness relate to the health of the soul, it is not clear what constituted a healthy Anglo-Saxon body. This paper will use the Old English poem Soul and Body and Old English medical texts to explore Anglo-Saxon bodily wellness.

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