Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England - A Study of West Saxon and East Anglian Cults

Klappentext Within Anglo-Saxon England there was a strong and enduring tradition of royal sanctity. Zusammenfassung Within Anglo-Saxon England there was a strong and enduring tradition of royal sanctity - of men and women of royal birth who! in an age before the development of papal canonization! came to be venerated as saints by the regional church. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England: some problems of interpretation; 2. The sources; 3. Royal birth and the foundations of sanctity: theoretical interpretations; 4. The cult of St Edburga at Winchester and Pershore; 5. The children of Edgar; 6. The royal cults of Ely; 7. The cult of St Edmund; 8. Piety, patronage and politics: towards an understanding of the Anglo-Saxon royal cults.

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• Authors: Susan J. Ridyard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521088107
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08810-7
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works