RT Book
T1 Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend
A1 Johnson, Richard F. 1961-
LA English
PP Suffolk
PB Boydell & Brewer
YR 2005
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883299771
AB 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.
AB Genesis and migration of the legends -- The Archangel in medieval English legend
OP 174
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
CN BT968.M5
SN 978-1-84615-425-6
K1 Michael
K1 Michael : (Archangel) : Legends : History and criticism
K1 Christian legends : England : History and criticism.
K1 Christian legends : England : History and criticism
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K1 Michael ; (Archangel) ; Legends ; History and criticism
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K1 England ; Religious life and customs
K1 England : Religious life and customs.
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