Anglo-Saxon Saints and Relics at the Post-Conquest Monastery of Whitby
This article analyses the importance of saints associated with the Anglo-Saxon period monastery at Whitby for the identity and status of the later Benedictine abbey there. Using a wide range of documentary, architectural, artefactual, archaeological, and liturgical evidence, it is argued that the mo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2023
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Pages: 123-178 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBF British Isles KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Benedictine
B Whitby Abbey B Monasticism B Glastonbury Abbey B St Begu B St Hilda B Hagiography B Anglo-Saxon B Relics |
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| Summary: | This article analyses the importance of saints associated with the Anglo-Saxon period monastery at Whitby for the identity and status of the later Benedictine abbey there. Using a wide range of documentary, architectural, artefactual, archaeological, and liturgical evidence, it is argued that the monks used the relics and cults of Anglo-Saxon saints, especially Hilda and Begu, to confer legitimacy upon and identity to their abbey. Appendices provide a translation of and a synthesis of the main liturgical sources. |
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| ISSN: | 2034-3523 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.JMMS.5.135314 |