Ritual and the Rood: Liturgical Images and the Old English Poems of the Dream of the Rood Tradition. By Éamonn Ó Carragáin. Pp. xxxii + 427. Illustrated. (The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture.) London and Toronto: The British Library and the University of Toronto Press, 2005. isbn 0 7123 4875 1 (Britain) and 0 8020 9008 7 (Canada). £50
This book is a penetrating presentation of the world of theological thought and life in early Anglo-Saxon England. It is a magisterial exploration of the Ruthwell Cross (the oldest standing cross in Britain), the related cross-shaft at Bewcastle, The Dream of the Rood (arguably the greatest of Anglo...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 347-349 |
| Review of: | Ritual and the Rood (London : British Library [u.a.], 2005) (Ward, Benedicta)
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| Summary: | This book is a penetrating presentation of the world of theological thought and life in early Anglo-Saxon England. It is a magisterial exploration of the Ruthwell Cross (the oldest standing cross in Britain), the related cross-shaft at Bewcastle, The Dream of the Rood (arguably the greatest of Anglo-Saxon religious poems), and little-known details of eighth-century liturgy. This combination of ways of transmitting the gospel is part of a long tradition. When Augustine and his companions came to England in 597, ‘they came bearing as their standard a silver cross and the image of our Lord and Saviour painted on a panel. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj053 |