Sanctity as Literature in Late Medieval Britain

By: Bernau, Anke

This collection explores some of the many ways in which sanctity was closely intertwined with the development of literary strategies across a range of writings in late medieval Britain. Rather than looking for clues in religious practices in order to explain such changes, or reading literature for information about sanctity, these essays consider the ways in which sanctity - as concept and as theme - allowed writers to articulate and to develop...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719089700
• ISBN13: 9780719089701
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"