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The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia (Paperback)
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The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia (Paperback)
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An investigation of the growth and influence of the cult of St
Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.
Longlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2016 St Edmund, king and
martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869, was one
of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured
and patronised by several English kings, and gave rise to a rich
array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. This
study explores the development of devotion to St Edmund, from its
first flourishing in the ninth century to the eveof the
Reformation. It explores a series of key questions: how, why and
when did the cult develop? Who was responsible for its promotion
and dissemination? To which groups and individuals did St Edmund
appeal? How did this evolveover time? Using as evidence a range of
textual and visual treasures from the Anglo-Saxon king's erstwhile
kingdom and later cultic heartland, Norfolk and Suffolk, the study
draws on sources and approaches from a variety of disciplines
(literature, art history, social history and anthropology) to
elucidate the social, cultural and political dynamics of cult
construction. Dr REBECCA PINNER is a Lecturer in Medieval and Early
Modern Literature atthe University of East Anglia.
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