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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220559303321

Autore

Mertens Andre

Titolo

The Old English Lives of St Martin of Tours [[electronic resource] ] : edition and study/ / Andre Mertens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2017

Göttingen, Germany : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 pages) : 1 illustration (black and white); digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

270.2092

Soggetti

Christian saints - Biography - Early works to 1800

Christian saints - Cult - England - History

Christian saints - Cult - Europe - History

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Bibliography

Sacred books - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Manuscript Sigla --List of abbreviations --Acknowledgments --I. Introduction --1. St Martin of Tours and his cult on the continent --2. The cult in Anglo-Saxon England --3. Old English Martiniana --II. Editions of the Old English Martiniana --Editorial policy --St Martin in The Old English Martyrology --The Anonymous Homily for Martinmas --Ælfric of Eynsham’s Catholic Homily for Martinmas --Ælfric of Eynsham’s Life of St Martin --General commentary --III. Appendices --Appendix I: Parallel Text Edition of the Anonymous Homily for Martinmas from Manuscripts C, D and E --Appendix II: Ælfric’s Life of St Martin in MS L --Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

St Martin of Tours is one of Christianity’s major saints and his significance reaches far beyond the powerful radiance of his iconic act of charity. While the saint and his cult have been researched comprehensively in Germany and France, his cult in the British Isles proves to be fairly unexplored. Andre Mertens closes this gap for



Anglo-Saxon England by editing all the age’s surviving texts on the saint, including a commentary and translations. Moreover, Mertens looks beyond the horizon of the surviving body of literary relics and dedicates an introductory study to an analysis of the saint’s cult in Anglo-Saxon England and his significance for Anglo-Saxon culture.