Title Tradition and belief : religious writing in late Anglo-Saxon England / Clare A. Lees

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource Series Medieval cultures ; v. 19 Medieval cultures ; v. 19 Contents 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index Subject Anglo-Saxons -- Religion. Belief and doubt in literature. Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500. Christian literature, English (Old) -- History and criticism. Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500. English prose literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism Preaching -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Sermons, English (Old) -- History and criticism Sermons, Medieval -- England -- History and criticism. Anglo-Saxons -- Religion. Belief and doubt in literature. Christian hagiography. Christian literature, English (Old) Christianity and literature. English prose literature -- Old English. HISTORY -- Medieval. Preaching -- Middle Ages. Sermons, English (Old) Sermons, Medieval. Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. England. Great Britain. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 99038778 ISBN 0816688419 9780816688418

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