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Chapter 1 The emergence of the hagiographic tradition Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Eadmundi
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Abbreviations x
- Introduction 1
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Part I Texts and contexts The legend of St Edmund
- Chapter 1 The emergence of the hagiographic tradition Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Eadmundi 33
- Chapter 2 De Miraculis Sancti Eadmundi Herman, Osbert and Samson 48
- Chapter 3 Vita et miracula 63
- Chapter 4 The elaboration of the hagiographic tradition 75
- Chapter 5 The final flourish of the textual cult John Lydgate, The Lives of Sts Edmund and Fremund 89
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Part II Relics, shrines and pilgrimage Encountering St Edmund at Bury
- Chapter 6 Sacred immanence, the incorrupted body and the shrine of St Edmund 115
- Chapter 7 The devotional and iconographical context of the shrine 138
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Part III Beyond Bury Dissemination and appropriation
- Chapter 8 Writing St Edmund into the East Anglian landscape 169
- Chapter 9 Miracles beyond Bury 181
- Chapter 10 Images of St Edmund 193
- Chapter 11 Texts beyond Bury: legendary collections 227
- Conclusion ‘Martir, mayde and kynge’, and more 239
- Appendix 1 Synoptic account of the legend of St Edmund 246
- Appendix 2 Chronology of significant events and texts associated with the cult of St Edmund 248
- Bibliography 251
- Index 274
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Abbreviations x
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Texts and contexts The legend of St Edmund
- Chapter 1 The emergence of the hagiographic tradition Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Eadmundi 33
- Chapter 2 De Miraculis Sancti Eadmundi Herman, Osbert and Samson 48
- Chapter 3 Vita et miracula 63
- Chapter 4 The elaboration of the hagiographic tradition 75
- Chapter 5 The final flourish of the textual cult John Lydgate, The Lives of Sts Edmund and Fremund 89
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Part II Relics, shrines and pilgrimage Encountering St Edmund at Bury
- Chapter 6 Sacred immanence, the incorrupted body and the shrine of St Edmund 115
- Chapter 7 The devotional and iconographical context of the shrine 138
-
Part III Beyond Bury Dissemination and appropriation
- Chapter 8 Writing St Edmund into the East Anglian landscape 169
- Chapter 9 Miracles beyond Bury 181
- Chapter 10 Images of St Edmund 193
- Chapter 11 Texts beyond Bury: legendary collections 227
- Conclusion ‘Martir, mayde and kynge’, and more 239
- Appendix 1 Synoptic account of the legend of St Edmund 246
- Appendix 2 Chronology of significant events and texts associated with the cult of St Edmund 248
- Bibliography 251
- Index 274