Tradition and belief : religious writing in late Anglo-Saxon England / Clare A. Lees.
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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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999. |
| Series: | Medieval cultures ;
v. 19. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tradition and belief : |b religious writing in late Anglo-Saxon England / |c Clare A. Lees. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Minneapolis : |b University of Minnesota Press, |c 1999. | |
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| 490 | 1 | |a Medieval cultures ; |v v. 19 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Culture and Belief; 1. Tradition, Literature, History; 2. Aesthetics and Belief: Ælfric's False Gods; 3. Conventions of Time in the Old English Homiletic Corpus; 4. Didacticism and the Christian Community: The Teachers and the Taught; 5. Chastity and Charity: Ælfric, Women, and the Female Saints; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 506 | |a Access limited to authorized users. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Christian literature, English (Old) |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a English prose literature |y Old English, ca. 450-1100 |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Christianity and literature |z England |x History |y To 1500. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Preaching |z England |x History |y Middle Ages, 600-1500. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sermons, Medieval |z England |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sermons, English (Old) |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Christian hagiography |x History |y To 1500. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Belief and doubt in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Anglo-Saxons |x Religion. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Great Britain |x History |y Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Lees, Clare A. |t Tradition and belief. |d Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999 |w (DLC) 99038778 |
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| 830 | 0 | |a Medieval cultures ; |v v. 19. | |
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