Tradition and belief : religious writing in late Anglo-Saxon England /
In this major study of Anglo-Saxon religious texts--sermons, homilies, and saints' lives written in Old English--Clare A. Lees reveals how the invention of preaching transformed the early medieval church, and thus the culture of medieval England. By placing Anglo-Saxon prose within a social mat...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999. |
Series: | Medieval cultures ;
v. 19. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Summary: | In this major study of Anglo-Saxon religious texts--sermons, homilies, and saints' lives written in Old English--Clare A. Lees reveals how the invention of preaching transformed the early medieval church, and thus the culture of medieval England. By placing Anglo-Saxon prose within a social matrix, her work offers a new way of seeing medieval literature through the lens of culture. By concentrating on the theoretically problematic areas of history, religious belief, and aesthetics--the book contributes to debates about the evolving meaning of culture. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816688418 0816688419 |