The Cult Of Saint George In Medieval England

Author : Jonathan Good
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843834693
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England written by Jonathan Good and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2009 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How St. George became the patron saint of England has always been a subject of speculation. He was not English, nor was his principal shrine there - the usual criteria for national patronage ; yet his status and fame came to eclipse that of all other saints. Edward III's use of the saint in his wars against the French established him as a patron and protector of the king ; unlike other saints George was adopted by the English to signify membership of the "community of the realm". This book traces the origins and growth of the cult of St. George, arguing that, especially after Edward's death, George came to represent a "good" politics (deriving from Edward's prosecution of a war with spoils for everyone) and could be used to rebuke subsequent kings for their poor governance. Most medieval kings came to understand this fact, and venerated St. George in order to prove their worthiness to hold their office. The political dimension of the cult never completely displaced the devotional one, but it was so strong that St. George survived the Reformation as a national symbol - one that continues in importance in the recovery of a specifically English identity.

Author : Jonathan Good
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781783270637
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of St George in Medieval England written by Jonathan Good and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the cult of St George in the middle ages, investigating its beginning and growth, and its manipulation for political and other ends.

Author : Rebecca Pinner
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270357
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia written by Rebecca Pinner and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigaton of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.

Author : Samantha Riches
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780234775
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St George written by Samantha Riches and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of St. George—atop his horse, lance plunged halfway into a dragon’s body—is so familiar to us that we take for granted what a long history it has had. As Samantha Riches demonstrates in this book, St. George is easily one of the most transported icons across cultures, and his history is the history of myth writ large. Traveling in Georgia, Greece, Malta, Belgium, Lebanon, Palestine, Ethiopia, Estonia, and many other places, she offers a fascinating look at one of the most popular mythical figures of all time. Riches traces St. George in his various appearances and guises across a wealth of religions and traditions. From Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, and Western European Christian traditions, she follows his trail into Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Candomblé, and the many pagan systems where he has functioned a symbol of nature, springtime, and healing. Exploring the innumerable ways artists, poets, and painters have engaged his mythical import, she shows him to be at the center of many political divisions, where he has been used to advance one agenda or another. Drawing together many aspects of the cult of St. George, Riches provides a fascinating history of an enduring icon.

Author : Christine Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351892002
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe written by Christine Walsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in both the Orthodox and Latin Churches in the later Middle Ages, yet there has been little study of how her cult developed before c. 1200. This book redresses the balance, providing a thorough examination of the way the cult spread from the Greek-speaking lands of the Eastern Mediterranean and into Western Europe. The author uses the full range of source material available, including liturgical texts, hagiographies, chronicles and iconographical evidence, bringing together these often disparate sources to map the way in which the cult of St Katherine grew from its early stages in the Byzantine Empire up to c.1100, its transmission to Italy, and the introduction and development of the cult in Normandy and England up to c.1200. The book also includes appendices listing early manuscripts containing Katherine's Passio and including key original texts on St Katherine of the period. This study will be welcomed by scholars of medieval history and the history of medieval art, and as a case-study for all those with an interest in the development of medieval saint's cults.

Author : Paul Webster
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783271612
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of St Thomas Becket in the Plantagenet World, C.1170-c.1220 written by Paul Webster and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture.

Author : Anne B Thompson
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 : 1580444075
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saints' Lives in Middle English Collections written by Anne B Thompson and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is conceived as a complement to another Middle English Texts series text, Sherry Reames' Middle English Legends of Women Saints. This selection is intended to be broadly representative of saints' lives in Middle English and of the classic types of hagiographic legend as these were presented to the lay public and less-literate clergy of late medieval England.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004365834
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interdisciplinary volume Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives examines the interaction between medieval English worshippers and the material objects of their devotion, with chapters that extend the temporality of objects and buildings beyond the Middle Ages.

Author : Steve Boardman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saints' Cults in the Celtic World written by Steve Boardman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies.

Author : David Scott Fox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saint George written by David Scott Fox and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: