Rebel Angels: Space and Sovereignty in Anglo-Saxon England

by Jill Fitzgerald

Book Overview

Over six hundred years before John Milton's Paradise Lost, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526155923
• ISBN13: 9781526155924
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"