The Cult of St Swithun - Michael Lapidge

The Cult of St Swithun

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Buch | Hardcover
860 Seiten
2024
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-80327-020-3 (ISBN)
143,40 inkl. MwSt
Following the translation of his relics from a conspicuous tomb into the Old Minster, Winchester, the massive rebuilding of the cathedral, and a vigorous publicity campaign by Bishop Aethelwold (963-84), St Swithun became one of the most popular and important English saints, whose cult was widespread in England, Ireland, Scandinavia, and France.
St Swithun was an obscure ninth-century bishop of Winchester about whom little was, and is, known. But following the translation of his relics from a conspicuous tomb into the Old Minster, Winchester, on 15 July 971, the massive rebuilding of the cathedral, and a vigorous publicity campaign by Bishop Aethelwold (963-84), St Swithun became one of the most popular and important English saints, whose cult was widespread not only in England but also in Ireland, Scandinavia, and France. The present volume includes new and full editions of all the relevant texts – hagiographical, liturgical, and historical – in Latin, Old English, and Middle English, many of which have never been published before: these illuminate the origins and development of St Swithun’s cult. No dossier of an important English saint has been published on this scale until now: the wealth of this volume sheds new light not only on St Swithun himself, but also on the times during which his cult was at the peak of its popularity.

Michael Lapidge, FBA is a scholar in the field of Medieval Latin literature, particularly that composed in Anglo-Saxon England during the period 600–1100 AD; he is an emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and Fellow of the British Academy, and winner of the 2009 Sir Israel Gollancz Prize.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Winchester Studies
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 215 x 276 mm
Gewicht 600 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10 1-80327-020-9 / 1803270209
ISBN-13 978-1-80327-020-3 / 9781803270203
Zustand Neuware
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