Popular Religion in Late Saxon England

Popular Religion in Late Saxon England
Author: Karen Louise Jolly
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2015-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469611147

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In tenth- and eleventh-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans. To ward off the afflictions caused by these invisible beings, Christian priests modified traditional elf charms by adding liturgical chants to herbal remedies. In Popular Religion in Late Saxon England, Karen Jolly traces this cultural intermingling of Christian liturgy and indigenous Germanic customs and argues that elf charms and similar practices represent the successful Christianization of native folklore. Jolly describes a dual process of conversion in which Anglo-Saxon culture became Christianized but at the same time left its own distinct imprint on Christianity. Illuminating the creative aspects of this dynamic relationship, she identifies liturgical folk medicine as a middle ground between popular and elite, pagan and Christian, magic and miracle. Her analysis, drawing on the model of popular religion to redefine folklore and magic, reveals the richness and diversity of late Saxon Christianity.

The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons C.597-c.700

The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons C.597-c.700
Author: Marilyn Dunn
Publisher: Continuum
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2009-06-16
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Draws on historical, ethnographical and anthropological studies to create a fresh understanding of Christianization in medieval Europe.

The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England

The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: William A. Chaney
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1970
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780719003721

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Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800

Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800
Author: Patrick Sims-Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2005-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521673426

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Describes the early conversion to Christianity of the pagan peoples of an area stretching from Stratford-upon-Avon to Offa's Dyke.

The Christian Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England

The Christian Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Paul Cavill
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780859918411

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Essays exploring a wide array of sources that show the importance of Christian ideas and influences in Anglo-Saxon England. A unique and important contribution to both teaching and scholarship. Professor Elaine Treharne, Stanford University. This is a collection of essays exploring a wide array of sources that show the importance ofChristian ideas and influences in Anglo-Saxon England. The range of treatment is exceptionally diverse. Some of the essays develop new approaches to familiar texts, such as Beowulf, The Wanderer and The Seafarer; others deal with less familiar texts and genres to illustrate the role of Christian ideas in a variety of contexts, from preaching to remembrance of the dead, and from the court of King Cnut to the monastic library. Some of the essays are informative, providing essential background material for understanding the nature of the Bible, or the distinction between monastic and cleric in Anglo-Saxon England; others provide concise surveys of material evidence orgenres; others still show how themes can be used in constructing and evaluating courses teaching the tradition. Contributors: GRAHAM CAIE, PAUL CAVILL, CATHERINE CUBITT, JUDITH JESCH, RICHARD MARSDEN, ELISABETH OKASHA, BARBARA C. RAW, PHILIPPA SEMPER, DABNEY BANKERT, SANTHA BHATTACHARJI, HUGH MAGENNIS, MARY SWAN, JONATHAN M. WOODING.

Tradition and Belief

Tradition and Belief
Author: Clare A. Lees
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2014-05-28
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9780816688418

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In this major study of Anglo-Saxon religious textsOCosermons, homilies, and saintsOCO lives written in Old EnglishOCoClare 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 aestheticsOCothe book contributes to debates about the evolving meaning of culture."

The Dramatic Liturgy of Anglo-Saxon England

The Dramatic Liturgy of Anglo-Saxon England
Author: M. Bradford Bedingfield
Publisher: Boydell Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780851158730

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Liturgical rituals of the high festivals from Christmas to Ascension in late Anglo-Saxon England; liturgical practice derived from from vernacular homilies and sermons.

Late Anglo-Saxon Prayer in Practice

Late Anglo-Saxon Prayer in Practice
Author: Kate H. Thomas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110661950

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This monograph examines Anglo-Saxon prayer outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on its practical aspects, it considers how small groups of prayers were elaborated into complex programs for personal devotion, resulting in the forerunners of the Special Offices. With examples being taken chiefly from major eleventh-century collections of prayers, liturgy and medical remedies, the methodologies of Anglo-Saxon compilers are examined, followed by five chapters on specialist kinds of prayer: to the Trinity and saints, for liturgical feasts and the canonical hours, to the Holy Cross, for protection and healing, and confessions. Analyzing prayer in a wide range of different situations, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon manuscripts may have included far more private offices than have so far been recognized, if we see them for what they were.

The Conversion of Britain

The Conversion of Britain
Author: Barbara Yorke
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317868307

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The Britain of 600-800 AD was populated by four distinct peoples; the British, Picts, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. They spoke 3 different languages, Gaelic, Brittonic and Old English, and lived in a diverse cultural environment. In 600 the British and the Irish were already Christians. In contrast the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons and Picts occurred somewhat later, at the end of the 6th and during the 7th century. Religion was one of the ways through which cultural difference was expressed, and the rulers of different areas of Britain dictated the nature of the dominant religion in areas under their control. This book uses the Conversion and the Christianisation of the different peoples of Britainas a framework through which to explore the workings of their political systems and the structures of their society. Because Christianity adapted to and affected the existing religious beliefs and social norms wherever it was introduced, it’s the perfect medium through which to study various aspects of society that are difficult to study by any other means.

Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought

Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought
Author: Barbara C. Raw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521030496

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This book is a study of the theology of the Trinity as expressed in the literature and art of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It examines the meaning of the representations of the Trinity in tenth- and eleventh-century English manuscripts and their relationship both to Anglo-Saxon theology and to earlier debates about the legitimacy of representations of the divine. The book's unifying theme is that of the image. It will be of interest to art historians, theologians and literary scholars alike.