Rebel angels (eBook)

Space and sovereignty in Anglo-Saxon England

Jill Fitzgerald (Autor)

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2019
336 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-2911-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the ‘fall of the angels’ tradition in early medieval sermons, saints’ lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power.

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Over six hundred years before John Milton's Paradise Lost, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching turned rich literary tradition. It can be traced through a range of genres - sermons, saints' lives, royal charters, riddles, devotional and biblical poetry - each one offering a distinct window into the ancient myth's place within the Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural imagination. -- .

Autor

Jill Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the United States Naval Academy

Inhalt

List of figures
Introduction
1 Lands idle and unused
2 The anxiety of inheritance
3 Rebel clerics, monastic replacements
4 The angels’ share
5 A homeland as a possession
6 A new praedestinati in Wulfstan’s Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 4 black & white illustrations
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Anglo-Saxon England • Benedictine reform • Biblical poetry • Fall of the angels • Junius manuscript • King Alfred • Land charters • Old English • Rogationtide • Sermons
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-2911-6 / 1526129116
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-2911-6 / 9781526129116