Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints
- ISBN-10
- 0674244648
- ISBN-13
- 9780674244641
- Category
- Christian hagiography
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Authors
- Hugh Magennis, Johanna Kramer, Robin Norris
Description
Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints includes narratives from the eleventh and twelfth centuries about locally venerated saints like the abbess Seaxburh, as well as familiar ones like Nicholas and Michael the Archangel. This volume presents new Old English editions and modern English translations of twenty-two unattributed saints' Lives.
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