Rebecca Pinner

The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An investigation of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781783274017
• ISBN-10: 1783274018
• Artikelnr.: 54894840

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Pinner

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Emergence of the Hagiographic Tradition: Abbo of Fleury,
Passio Sancti Eadmundi De Miraculis Sancti Eadmundi: Herman, Osbert and
Samson Vita et miracula The Elaboration of the Hagiographic Tradition The
Final Flourish of the Textual Cult: John Lydgate, The Lives of Sts Edmund
and Fremund Sacred Immanence, the Incorrupted Body and the Shrine of St
Edmund The Devotional and Iconographical Context of the Shrine Writing St
Edmund into the East Anglian landscape Miracles Beyond Bury Images of St
Edmund Texts beyond Bury: Legendary Collections 'Martir, mayde and kynge',
and more Appendix 1: Synoptic Account of the Legend of St Edmund Appendix
2: Chronology of Significant Events and Texts associated with the Cult of
St Edmund Bibliography