Cargando…
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1999.
|
| Colección: | Medieval cultures ;
v. 19. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.