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Record Number:
18005
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Christie , Edward.
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Title:
Self-Mastery and Submission: Holiness and Masculinity in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Martyr Kings [The author analyzes Old English lives of Edmund and Oswald, finding that the kings achieve an heroic masculinity through an acceptance of suffering. Although these kings win lasting fame, which was also the goal of Anglo-Saxon warrior heroes, they do it through sacrifice of self. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis. Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages Series. University of Wales Press, 2004. Pages 143 - 157.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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:
Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham- Lives of the Saints- Life of Oswald
Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham- Lives of the Saints- Passion of Saint Edmund
Body
Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
Hagiography
Kings
Martyrs
Masculinity
Oswald, King of Northumbria
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
7, 9- 10- 11
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Year of Publication:
2004.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0708318940