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Record Number:
8755
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Fell , Christine E.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Saint Æðelþryð: A Historical-Hagiographical Dichotomy Revisited [The author examines Bede's account of St. Aethelthryth in his "Ecclesiastical History." He celebrates her as the closest English equivalent to a virgin martyr. Later accounts built a whole line of royal abbesses after Aethelthryth (beginning with her sister Seaxburh), but contemporary evidence suggests that Ely was only a personal monument to her particular asceticism. It was not a center of learning and probably faded soon after her sister's death only to be refounded as a male monastery which enhanced and capitalized on Aethelthryth's reputation for sanctity. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Nottingham Medieval Studies 38, ( 1994): Pages 18 - 34.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
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:
Abbesses
Æthelthryth of Ely, Queen of Northumbria, Saint
Asceticism
Bede, The Venerable, Scholar
Hagiography
Latin Literature
Monasticism
Virginity
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
7-8
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1994.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00782122