Edward the Confessor: ‘Anglorum Deeus’
Before his canonization in 1161 Edward the Confessor was rarely called a saint or credited with miracles. But he received from many authors epithets expressing praise, such as ‘alter Salomon,’ ‘rex pacificus,’ ‘cultor justitiae,’ ‘pater patriae,’ ‘virtutis speculum,’ or, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1962
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Traditio
Year: 1962, Volume: 18, Pages: 379-382 |
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| Summary: | Before his canonization in 1161 Edward the Confessor was rarely called a saint or credited with miracles. But he received from many authors epithets expressing praise, such as ‘alter Salomon,’ ‘rex pacificus,’ ‘cultor justitiae,’ ‘pater patriae,’ ‘virtutis speculum,’ or, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, ‘ruler of heroes / lavish of riches.’ Florence of Worcester (d. 1118) calls Edward ‘Anglorum decus,’ the glory of the English, a eulogism repeated by several other chroniclers. I want to examine whether this phrase is a ‘panegyric … of the most general kind,’ as Edward A. Freeman suggests, or whether it reveals a distinct esteem for Edward some decades before he was proclaimed a saint and confessor. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900018237 |