Early Anglo-Saxon royal saints

St Æthelthryth of East Anglia, St Mildrith of Kent, St Oswald of Northumbria, St Edmund of East Anglia

Alenka Divjak (Author), Rudolf Simek (Reviewer), Milček Komelj (Reviewer)

Abstract

This study discusses four widely venerated Anglo-Saxon saints: St Æthelthryth of Ely (ca. 635- 679), St Mildrith of Thanet (†732/733), St Oswald of Northumbria (†642), and St Edmund of East Anglia (†869/870). They descended from the royal families who materially and politically supported the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England in the seventh century. As a sign of appreciation, the Church elevated to sanctity a certain number of their family members, and by doing so it invested the royal dynasties with an aura of hitherto unknown spiritual prestige as saints were believed to be heavenly protectors and intermediaries between life and death. Apart from focusing on hagiography, especially the process of sanctification, the study also offers a glimpse of the early Anglo-Saxon age, its political history, achievements and the history of mentality, paying particular attention to the gender distinctive roles which determined the saints’ path towards sanctity and sanctification.

Keywords

svetnice;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2024
Typology:	2.01 - Scientific Monograph
Publisher:	Institute Nova revija for the Humanities
UDC:	27-36-058.12(410.1)"653"
COBISS:	217554179
ISBN:	978-961-7014-46-4
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Secondary keywords:	Svetniki;Plemstvo;Anglija;Srednji vek;
Pages:	160 str.
ID:	25795444