Restoring Creation: The Natural World in the Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac

Language: English

Published by Boydell and Brewer Ltd, GB, 2019

184384530X / 9781843845300

Series: Book 3 of 9 - Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages

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An investigation into two important Saints Lives provides a window into the Anglo-Saxon perception of the non-human world.The question of the relationship between humanity and the non-human world may seem a modern phenomenon; but in fact, even in the early medieval period people actively reflected on their own engagement with the non-human world, with such reflections profoundly shaping their literature. This book reveals how the Anglo-Saxons themselves conceptualised the relationship, using the Saints Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac as a prism. Each saint is fundamentally linked to a specific and recognisable location in the English landscape: Lindisfarne and Farne for Cuthbert, and the East Anglian fens and the island of Crowland for Guthlac. These landscapes of the mind were defined by the theological and philosophical perspectives of their authors and audiences. The world in all its wonder was Creation, shaped by God. When humanity fell in Eden, its relationship to this world was transformed: cold now bites, fire burns, andwolves attack. In these Lives, however, saints, the holy epitome of humanity, are shown to restore the human relationship with Creation, as in the sea-otters warming Cuthbert's frozen feet, or birds and fish gathering to Guthlac like sheep to their shepherd. BRITTON ELLIOTT BROOKS is Project Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Centre for Global Communication Strategies.…

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Title
Restoring Creation: The Natural World in the Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac
Author
Britton Elliott Brooks
Publisher
Boydell and Brewer Ltd, GB
Publication year
2019
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New
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Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
184384530X
ISBN 13
9781843845300
Item weight
1 gram
Series
Book 3 of 9: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages

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