A Pioneer Saint: Two Middle English Versions of the Life of St Botolph
In 654 Botolph decided to build a monastery at Iken after having spent considerable time on the Continent, especially in Gaul, where he studied coenobitic monasticism. Botolph’s introduction of Continental models laid the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon Church that proved to be robust enough to withst...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2022
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Revue bénédictine
Year: 2022, Volume: 132, Issue: 2, Pages: 374-392 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Botulph, Icanhoe, Abt, Heiliger 610-680
/ Saint's life
/ Middle English language
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBF British Isles KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
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| Summary: | In 654 Botolph decided to build a monastery at Iken after having spent considerable time on the Continent, especially in Gaul, where he studied coenobitic monasticism. Botolph’s introduction of Continental models laid the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon Church that proved to be robust enough to withstand the Viking ravages. Although a popular saint in Anglo-Saxon England already the earliest extant vita (ca. 1066) is that of Folcard of Saint Bertin, abbot of Thorney. This formed the basis for the two Middle English renditions, that in the South English Legendary (first half 14th century) and that in Thomas of Bokenham’s translation of the Legenda Aurea (second half 15th century). The article investigates the different reinterpretations of Folcard’s narrative and provides an edition of the previously unpublished Middle English texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9009 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue bénédictine
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.RB.5.131753 |