Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia (eBook)

Rebecca Pinner (Autor)

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2015
292 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer (Verlag)
978-1-78204-533-5 (ISBN)

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An investigation of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.Longlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2016 St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "e;Vikings"e;) in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings, and gave rise to a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. This study explores the development of devotion to St Edmund, from its first flourishing in the ninth century to the eveof the Reformation. It explores a series of key questions: how, why and when did the cult develop? Who was responsible for its promotion and dissemination? To which groups and individuals did St Edmund appeal? How did this evolveover time? Using as evidence a range of textual and visual treasures from the Anglo-Saxon king's erstwhile kingdom and later cultic heartland, Norfolk and Suffolk, the study draws on sources and approaches from a variety of disciplines (literature, art history, social history and anthropology) to elucidate the social, cultural and political dynamics of cult construction. Dr Rebecca Pinner is a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature atthe University of East Anglia.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 4 colour, 8 b/w, 1 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Cult growth • cultural dynamics • Devotion • East Anglia • Hagiography • Influence • Literary artifacts • material culture • Medieval East Anglia • Political artifacts • Saintliness • Social Dynamics • St Edmund • Suffolk • Visual artifacts • Wolf
• ISBN-10: 1-78204-533-3 / 1782045333
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78204-533-5 / 9781782045335