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Tradition and Belief
Clare A. Lees
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Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Looks at early religious texts and their influence on medieval literature and culture.
Looks at early religious texts and their influence on medieval literature and culture.
In this major study of Anglo-Saxon religious texts-sermons, homilies, and saints’ lives written in Old English-Clare A. Lees reveals how the invention of preaching transformed the early medieval church, and thus the culture of medieval England. By placing Anglo-Saxon prose within a social matrix, her work offers a new way of seeing medieval literature through the lens of culture.To show how the preaching mission of the later Anglo-Saxon church was constructed and received, Lees explores the ... Read moreThe first detailed study of traditionality in medieval culture, Tradition and Belief is also a case study of one cultural phenomenon from the past. As such-and by concentrating on the theoretically problematic areas of history, religious belief, and aesthetics-the book contributes to debates about the evolving meaning of culture.ISBN 0-8166-3002-XCloth£34.50$49.95xxISBN 0-8166-3003-8Paper£14.00$19.95x232 Pages5 7/8 x 9NovemberMedieval Cultures Series, volume 19Translation inquiries: University of Minnesota Press Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Medieval Cultures S.
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630035
SKU
V9780816630035
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About Clare A. Lees
Clare A. Lees is associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Oregon and the editor of Medieval Masculinities (Minnesota, 1994).
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