
Rebel Angels
Space and Sovereignty in Anglo-Saxon England
Jill Fitzgerald(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 4. May 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-5261-5592-4 (ISBN)
Description
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. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'One comes away from this book with a new appreciation for the motif of the fallen angels, both in its frequency and in its flexibility for interpretation and application.'Journal of English and Germanic Philology
'Rebel Angels is a fantastic resource collating stories of angelic rebellion in early medieval England.'
Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Illustrations
4 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-5592-4 (9781526155924)
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Person
Jill Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the United States Naval Academy -- .
Content
List of figures
Introduction
1 Lands idle and unused
2 The anxiety of inheritance
3 Rebel clerics, monastic replacements
4 The angels' share
5 A homeland as a possession
6 A new praedestinati in Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Afterword
Bibliography
Index -- .
Introduction
1 Lands idle and unused
2 The anxiety of inheritance
3 Rebel clerics, monastic replacements
4 The angels' share
5 A homeland as a possession
6 A new praedestinati in Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Afterword
Bibliography
Index -- .