Rebel Angels: Space and Sovereignty in Anglo-Saxon England

Author : Jill Fitzgerald (Assistant Professor of English)

Hardback

Published : Saturday 22 June 2019

ISBN : 9781526129093

Price : €93.60

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by Jill Fitzgerald (Assistant Professor of English)

Hardback

22 Jun 2019

LITERARY CRITICISM
>> Medieval

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This book examines the 'fall of the angels' tradition in early medieval sermons, saints' lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power.

Over six hundred years before John Milton's Paradise Lost, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching turned rich literary tradition. It can be traced through a range of genres - sermons, saints' lives, royal charters, riddles, devotional and biblical poetry - each one offering a distinct window into the ancient myth's place within the Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural imagination. -- .

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