St Edmund in fifteenth-century London: the Lydgatian miracles of St Edmund
Book synopsis: St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes [or `Vikings'] in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebra...
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ftbirkbeckcoll:oai:eprints.bbk.ac.uk.oai2:1584 2023-05-15T16:49:47+02:00 St Edmund in fifteenth-century London: the Lydgatian miracles of St Edmund Bale, Anthony Bale, Anthony 2009-08-20 https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1584/ http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=12036 unknown Boydell & Brewer Bale, Anthony (2009) St Edmund in fifteenth-century London: the Lydgatian miracles of St Edmund. In: Bale, Anthony (ed.) St Edmund King and Martyr: Changing Images of a Medieval Saint. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell & Brewer, pp. 145-162. ISBN 9781903153260. English Theatre and Creative Writing Book Section PeerReviewed 2009 ftbirkbeckcoll 2022-01-09T08:48:47Z Book synopsis: St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes [or `Vikings'] in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebrated throughout England, especially at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it also inspired separate cults in France, Iceland and Italy. The essays in this collection offer a range of readings from a variety of disciplines - literature, history, music, art history - and of sources - chronicles, poems, theological material - providing an overview of the multi-faceted nature of St Edmund's cult, from the ninth century to the early modern period. They demonstrate the openness and dynamism of a medieval saint's cult, showing how the saint's image could be used in many and changing contexts: Edmund's image was bent to various political and propagandistic ends, often articulating conflicting messages and ideals, negotiating identity,politics and belief. Book Part Iceland BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online (Birkbeck University of London) |
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Book synopsis: St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes [or `Vikings'] in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebrated throughout England, especially at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it also inspired separate cults in France, Iceland and Italy. The essays in this collection offer a range of readings from a variety of disciplines - literature, history, music, art history - and of sources - chronicles, poems, theological material - providing an overview of the multi-faceted nature of St Edmund's cult, from the ninth century to the early modern period. They demonstrate the openness and dynamism of a medieval saint's cult, showing how the saint's image could be used in many and changing contexts: Edmund's image was bent to various political and propagandistic ends, often articulating conflicting messages and ideals, negotiating identity,politics and belief. |
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St Edmund in fifteenth-century London: the Lydgatian miracles of St Edmund |
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Bale, Anthony (2009) St Edmund in fifteenth-century London: the Lydgatian miracles of St Edmund. In: Bale, Anthony (ed.) St Edmund King and Martyr: Changing Images of a Medieval Saint. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell & Brewer, pp. 145-162. ISBN 9781903153260. |
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