Title: The Christian tradition in Anglo-Saxon England : approaches to current scholarship and teaching /
Authors: Cavill, Paul, 1956-
Publisher: D.S. Brewer,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Christianity and culture England History Study and teaching.; Christianity and culture History Study and teaching England.; England Church history Study and teaching.
Contents: Codicological clues: reading old English Christian poetry in its manuscript context -- Christianity and theology in Beowulf -- Images of St. Peter: the clergy and the religious life in Anglo-Saxon england -- Scandinavians and 'Cultural Paganism' in late Anglo-Saxon england -- Wrestling with the bible: textual problems for the scholar and the student -- Memorial stones or grave stones? -- Pictures: the books of the unlearned? -- Doctrine and diagrams: maintaining the order of the world in Byrhtferth's Enchiridion -- Medieval conversation narratives: research problems and pedagogical opportunities -- An approach to Christian aspects of The Wanderer and the Seafarer -- Approaches to Saints' lives -- Men ða leofestan: Genre, the cannon, and the old English homiletic tradition -- Some issues in the teaching to insular medieval theology.