Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England: some problems of interpretation
- 2 The sources
- 3 Royal birth and the foundations of sanctity: theoretical interpretations
- 4 The cult of St Edburga at Winchester and Pershore
- 5 The children of Edgar
- 6 The royal cults of Ely
- 7 The cult of St Edmund
- 8 Piety, patronage and politics: towards an understanding of the Anglo-Saxon royal cults
- Appendix 1 The Life of St Edburga of Winchester by Osbert of Clare, prior of Westminster
- Appendix 2 Two items concerning St Edburga of Winchester from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 451
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England: some problems of interpretation
- 2 The sources
- 3 Royal birth and the foundations of sanctity: theoretical interpretations
- 4 The cult of St Edburga at Winchester and Pershore
- 5 The children of Edgar
- 6 The royal cults of Ely
- 7 The cult of St Edmund
- 8 Piety, patronage and politics: towards an understanding of the Anglo-Saxon royal cults
- Appendix 1 The Life of St Edburga of Winchester by Osbert of Clare, prior of Westminster
- Appendix 2 Two items concerning St Edburga of Winchester from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 451
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon EnglandA Study of West Saxon and East Anglian Cults, pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989