Research Catalog

Title

The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England : a study of West Saxon and East Anglian cults / Susan J. Ridyard.

Author

Ridyard, Susan J. (Susan Janet), 1957-

Publication

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

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Details

Description

xi, 340 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 9

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 9.

Subjects

• Christian saints > Cult
• Great Britain
• England
• To 1500
• History
• Church history
• Grande-Bretagne > Histoire religieuse > 449-1066
• Angleterre (GB) > Histoire religieuse > 0449-1066 (période anglo-saxonne)
• Great Britain > Church history > 449-1066
• England > Church history > 449-1066
• Monarchie > Grande-Bretagne
• Saints chrétiens > Culte > Angleterre (GB) > Histoire
• Anglo-Saxons > Kings and rulers
• Christian saints > Cult > Great Britain > History
• Monarchy > Great Britain
• Princes > Great Britain
• Princesses > Great Britain
• Monarchy > England > History > To 1500
• Christian saints > Cult > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500

Genre/Form

• Church history
• History

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 311-326.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: 1. The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England: some problems of interpretation; 2. The sources; 3. Royal birth and the foundations of sanctity: theoretical interpretations; 4. The cult of St Edburga at Winchester and Pershore; 5. The children of Edgar; 6. The royal cults of Ely; 7. The cult of St Edmund; 8. Piety, patronage and politics: towards an understanding of the Anglo-Saxon royal cults.

ISBN

• 0521307724
• 9780521307727

LCCN

88003659

OCLC

• ocm17618790
• 17618790
• SCSB-1716531

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library