Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend
The cult and legends of St Michael the archangel were widespread in medieval England, and this book - the first full-length study of the subject - offers a comprehensive examination of their genesis and diffusion. Part I identifies and analyses the concerns, conflicts, and roles with which St Micha...
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| Language: | English |
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Suffolk
Boydell & Brewer
2005.
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Legend
/ Michael Archangel
/ History 800-1400
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| Further subjects: | B
Christian legends
England
History and criticism
B Michael B Michael (Archangel) Legends History and criticism B Christian legends (England) History and criticism B Michael ; (Archangel) ; Cult ; England ; History ; To 1500 B Michael ; (Archangel) ; Legends ; History and criticism B Michael (Archangel) Cult (England) History To 1500 B England Religious life and customs B England ; Religious life and customs B Christian legends ; England ; History and criticism |
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| Summary: | The cult and legends of St Michael the archangel were widespread in medieval England, and this book - the first full-length study of the subject - offers a comprehensive examination of their genesis and diffusion. Part I identifies and analyses the concerns, conflicts, and roles with which St Michael is associated, from scriptural and apocryphal literature through to the homiletic literature of the medieval period. Part II begins with a discussion of the vernacular recensions of the popular account of the archangel's earthly interventions, and goes on to survey the legendary accounts in Old English, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English of the archangel and his roles as guardian, intercessor, psychopomp, and warrior-angel follows. The Appendices contain the first English translation of the archangel's hagiographic foundation-myth; an annotated bibliographical list and motif index of textual materials relating to the archangel; and an essay on the iconographic representations of the archangel in medieval England. RICHARD F. JOHNSON is Assistant Professor of English at William Rainey Harper College. Genesis and migration of the legends -- The Archangel in medieval English legend |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1846154251 |