King Alfred the Great, his Hagiographers and his Cult : : A Childhood Remembered /

King Alfred the Great, his Hagiographers and his Cult : : A Childhood Remembered / / Tomás Mario Kalmar.

This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century about Alfred’s childhood have posed interlocking disciplinary challenges to historians committed to evicting romance from history. Blending current Hagiography Studies with historical...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
VerfasserIn:
Kalmar, Tomás Mario,
MitwirkendeR:
Prescott, Andrew,
Spencer-Hall, Alicia,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Hagiography Beyond Tradition ; 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • I Cult and Canon: The Chronicle
  • Some Key Dates: 1849–1904
  • 1 Kiss the Reliquary
  • 2 Remember the Pope
  • 3 Fix the Date
  • II Too Good to be True: The Life
  • 4 Write the Life
  • 5 Win the Book
  • III The Curve of Destiny: The Works
  • 6 Cross the Border
  • 7 Win the Crown
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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