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St.Cuthbert: His Life and Cult in Medieval Durham - Hardcover

Marner, Dominic

 
9780712346863: St.Cuthbert: His Life and Cult in Medieval Durham
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0712346864 ISBN 13: 9780712346863
Verlag: The British Library Publishing Division, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Cuthbert, hermit, prior and then Bishop to the monastic community at Lindisfarne, became, upon his death in 687, one of the most important medieval saints. Several "Lives" were written about him, pilgrims came to Durham to benefit from the healing powers associated with him, and his feast days were celebrated throughout Europe. However, the rising cult of Thomas Becket after his assassination in 1170 threatened Cuthbert's popularity and the monastic community at Durham was forced to exert special efforts to revive his cult. This rejuvenation involved the production of new literary material to increase the popularity of Cuthbert and thus to enhance the political and economic status of the region. This work tells the story of Cuthbert's life and of the efforts to rejuvenate his cult in late-12th-century Durham. It also focuses on one of the most sumptuously decorated "Lives" of Cuthbert produced at this time and explaines its central importance to the revival of the cult.

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Verlag
The British Library Publishing Division
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712346864
ISBN 13 
9780712346863
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
112
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