Tradition and Belief: Religious Writing in Late Anglo-Saxon England Volume 19

by Clare A. Lees

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816630038
• ISBN13: 9780816630035
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"