King Alfred the Great, his Hagiographers and his Cult: A Childhood Remembered (Hagiography Beyond Tradition) 9789463729611, 9789048544998, 9463729615

This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century abo

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English Pages 308 [309] Year 2023

Table of contents :
Cover
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
I. Cult and Canon: The Chronicle
1. Kiss the Reliquary
Victorian reliquarianism
The death of Alfred
The birth of Alfred
A relic of Alfred
2. Remember the Pope
Hagiography
Chronology
Psychology
3. Fix the Date
Harmony from dissonance
From Rome to Athelney
The Infidel vs The Believer
Stubbs’ Gambit
Plummer’s blind spot
II. Too Good to be True: The Life
4. Write the Life
Respect
Allusion
Plagiarism
Echoes
Clichés
Irony
5. Win the Book
Transcendental flotsam and jetsam
Redaction criticism
The Poem Itself.
Et legit
Appendix A Six translations of Race for the Book
III. The Curve of Destiny: The Works
6. Cross the Border
The Pope and the Book
Legere et interpretari simul
From Bonifatian to Alfredian biliteracy
A game of figures
Typologie interne
7. Win the Crown
Envoi
Scylla and Charybdis
When I was young
Race for the crown
Commentary
Bibliography

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