Conceiving Heroic Christianity in Early Medieval England

von David G Pedersen

189 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that differed from the Latinate perspective of the missionaries who converted them. This book investigates lay texts to undermine monolithic conceptions of medieval Christianity by revealing a uniquely English religious subjectivity evident in Old English wisdom literature.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9781501526640
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2026
• Größe: 238 x 160 mm
• Verlag: de Gruyter