Tradition and Belief: Religious Writing in Late Anglo-Saxon England

Tradition and Belief: Religious Writing in Late Anglo-Saxon England
ISBN-10
0816630038
ISBN-13
9780816630035
Category
History
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
U of Minnesota Press
Author
Clare A. Lees

Description

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.

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