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"Signs of Devotion reveals how Aethelthryth, who became the most popular native female saint, provides a central point of investigation among the cultic practices of several disparate groups over time - religious and lay, aristocratic and common, male and female, literate and nonliterate. This study illustrates that the body of Aethelthryth became a malleable, flexible image that could be readily adopted. Hagiographical narratives, monastic charters, liturgical texts, miracle stories, estate litigation, shrine accounts, and visual representations collectively testify that the story of Aethelthryth was a significant part of the cultural landscape in early and late medieval England. More important, these representations reveal the particular devotional practices of those invested in Aethelthryth's cult. By centering the discussion on issues of textual production and reception, Blanton provides a unique study of English hagiography, cultural belief, and devotional practice. Signs of Devotion adds, moreover, to the current conversation on virginity and hagiography by encouraging scholars to bridge the divide between studies of Anglo-Saxon and late medieval England and challenging them to adopt methodological strategies that will foster further multidisciplinary work in the field of hagiographical scholarship."--Jacket.

Christian hagiography --- Christian saints --- Cult --- History --- Etheldreda, --- Cult. --- England --- Church history

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This is the first concentrated study to examine the literacy of nuns in a comparative fashion and at the same time pays close attention to the individual textual and cultural complexities. This collection of essays, focused on the literacies of nuns in medieval Europe, brings together specialists working on diverse geographical areas to create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular texts nuns read, wrote, and exchanged, primarily in northern Europe from the eighth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. To date, there has been some significant research in this field but little in the way of cross-cultural study. Drawing especially on the rich body of scholarship that currently exists about nuns and books in England, Germany, the Low Countries, and Sweden, these essays investigate the meaning of nuns’ literacies in terms of reading and writing, Latin and the vernaculars. Contributors to this volume investigate the topic of literacy primarily from palaeographical and textual evidence and by discussing information about book ownership and book production in convents. In this first concentrated study that examines the literacy of nuns in a comparative fashion the essays pay close attention to the individual textual and cultural complexities of nuns’ literacies in the European Middle Ages.

Christian religious orders --- History of civilization --- Literature --- Christian spirituality --- anno 500-1499 --- Europe --- Nuns --- Nuns as authors --- Nuns' writings --- Latin literature --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Literacy --- Religieuses --- Religieuses écrivaines --- Ecrits de religieuses --- Littérature latine --- Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne --- Alphabétisation --- Books and reading --- History and criticism. --- Christian authors --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Livres et lecture --- Histoire et critique --- Auteurs chrétiens --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- History --- History and criticism --- Monastic and religious life of women --- Nonne. --- Schriftlichkeit. --- Lektüre. --- Bildung. --- Christianity. --- 930.85:02 --- 028-055.2 --- 091:2 --- 094:2 --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis-:-Bibliotheekwezen --- Vrouwelijke lezers --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- 094:2 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- 028-055.2 Vrouwelijke lezers --- 091:2 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- 930.85:02 Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis-:-Bibliotheekwezen --- Religieuses écrivaines --- Littérature latine --- Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne --- Alphabétisation --- Auteurs chrétiens --- Europe [Northern ] --- To 1500 --- Christian literature [Latin ] (Medieval and modern) --- Religieuses écrivains --- Écrits de religieuses --- Histoire et critique. --- Nuns - Books and reading - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500 --- Nuns as authors - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500 --- Nuns' writings - History and criticism --- Latin literature - Christian authors - History and criticism --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Europe, Northern - History and criticism --- Literacy - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Moniales --- Religieuses écrivains --- Écrits de religieuses

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This collection of essays written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field honours Paul E. Szarmach by bringing together a range of studies relating to Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. As the title suggests, the main concern of the volume is the interconnectedness of a variety of texts, including literary, cultural, historical, scholarly, and ecclesiastical. Organized into three sections that consider scholarly reception, material texts and contexts, and textual transmission, this volume offers fresh scholarship on topics old and new.

Christianity and literature --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature. --- English literature --- History --- Criticism, Textual. --- Great Britain --- Angelsaksische beschaving in de literatuur --- Anglo-Saxon civilization in literature --- Beschaving [Angelsaksische ] in de literatuur --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la littérature --- Civilization [Anglo-Saxon ] in literature --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la littérature --- Littérature anglaise --- Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature --- Christianisme et littérature --- Critique textuelle --- Histoire --- Grande-Bretagne --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- Criticism [Textual ] --- Civilization [Medieval ] in literature --- England --- To 1500 --- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 --- Anglo-Saxons --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- Moyen-Âge --- 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)

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Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604 contains a unique prose legendary almost entirely of female saints, all of whom are virgins, martyrs, or nuns. The manuscript, which also has varied post-medieval items, is written in one hand probably dating from c. 1480 to c. 1510. This previously unstudied Middle English collection features twenty-two universal and native saints, both common (like John the Baptist and Æthelthryth) and rare (such as Wihtburh and Domitilla). These texts are dependent on a complex mixture of Latin sources and analogues. Specific linguistic and art-historical features, as well as attention to the predominant female saints of Ely and post-medieval provenance, suggest an East Anglian convent for the original readership. Through an exploration of the manuscript and its later ownership (both recusant and antiquarian), a discussion of its linguistic attributes, a consideration of local female monastic and book history, a comparison of hagiographical texts, and a wide-ranging source and analogue study, this Study fully contextualises these Middle English lives. The book concludes with a survey of the structural and stylistic aspects of the texts, followed by three appendices, and an extensive bibliography. The texts are edited for the first time in its companion volume, Saints’ Lives for Medieval English Nuns, II: An Edition of the ‘Lyves and Dethes’ in Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604.

Christian spirituality --- anno 500-1499 --- United Kingdom

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anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Europe