The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England: a study of West Saxon and East Anglian cults

Within Anglo-Saxon England there was a strong and enduring tradition of royal sanctity - of men and women of royal birth who, in an age before the development of papal canonisation, came to be venerated as saints by the regional church. This study, which focuses on some of the best-documented cults...

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Main Author: Ridyard, Susan J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1988.
In:Year: 1988
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The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England. A study of West Saxon and East Anglian cults. By Susan J. Ridyard. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser. 9.) Pp. xi + 340. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988 (1989). £30. 0 521 30772 4 (1991) (Wormald, C. P.)
The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: A Study of West Saxon and East Anglian Cults. Susan J. Ridyard Sacred Biography: Saints and Their Biographers in the Middle Ages. Thomas J. Heffernan (1991) (Kieckhefer, Richard)
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 9
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Saints / Monarchy / History 449-1066
B Anglo-Saxons / Saint
B England / Saint / History 449-1066
B England / Sacred king / History 630-1066
B Anglo-Saxons / Veneration / Sacred king
Further subjects:B Anglo-Saxons ; Kings and rulers
B England ; Church history ; 449-1066
B Anglo-Saxons Kings and rulers
B England Church history 449-1066
B Monarchy (England) History To 1500
B Monarchy ; England ; History ; To 1500
B Christian saints Cult England History, Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Christian saints Cult (England) History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Princesses ; Great Britain
B Princesses Great Britain
B Princes Great Britain
B Princes ; Great Britain
B Princes (Great Britain)
B Christian saints ; Cult ; England ; History ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
B England Church history, 449-1066
B Monarchy England History, To 1500
B Princesses (Great Britain)
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Print version: 9780521307727
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