St Edmund, King and Martyr: Changing Images of a Medieval Saint

Lisa Colton; A. S. G. Edwards; Alison Finlay; Alexandra Gillespie; Paul Hayward; Carl Phelpstead; Rebecca Pinner

St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebrated throughout England, especially at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it also inspired separate cults in France, Iceland and Italy.
The essays in this collection offer a range of readings from a variety of disciplines - literature, history, music, art history - and of sources - chronicles, poems, theological material - providing an overview of the multi-faceted nature of St Edmund's cult, from the ninth century to the early modern period. They demonstrate the openness and dynamism of a medieval saint's cult, showing how the saint's image could be used in many and changing contexts: Edmund's image was bent to various political and propagandistic ends, often articulating conflicting messages and ideals, negotiating identity, politics and belief.

CONTRIBUTORS: ANTHONY BALE, CARL PHELPSTEAD, ALISON FINLAY, PAUL ANTONY HAYWARD, LISA COLTON, REBECCA PINNER, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ALEXANDRA GILLESPIE

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Preface
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List of Abbreviations
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Introduction: St Edmund's Medieval Lives
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- By Anthony Bale, University of London
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1 - King, Martyr and Virgin: Imitatio Christi in Ælfric's Life of St Edmund
pp 27-44
- By Carl Phelpstead, Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University
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2 - Chronology, Genealogy and Conversion: The Afterlife of St Edmund in the North
pp 45-62
- By Alison Finlay, University of London
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3 - Geoffrey of Wells’ Liber de infantia sancti Edmundi and the ‘Anarchy’ of King Stephen's Reign
pp 63-86
- By Paul Antony Hayward, Teaches medieval history at Lancaster University, England
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4 - Music and Identity in Medieval Bury St Edmunds
pp 87-110
- By Lisa Colton, the University of Huddersfield
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5 - Medieval images of St Edmund in Norfolk Churches
pp 111-132
- By Rebecca Pinner, the University of East Anglia
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6 - John Lydgate's Lives of Ss Edmund and Fremund: Politics, Hagiography and Literature
pp 133-144
- By A. S. G. Edwards, Professor of Textual Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester
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7 - St Edmund in Fifteenth-Century London: The Lydgatian Miracles of St Edmund
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- By Anthony Bale, University of London
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8 - The Later Lives of St Edmund: John Lydgate to John Stow
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- By Alexandra Gillespie, the University of Toronto
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Miscellaneous Endmatter
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations
pp xi-xii

Introduction: St Edmund's Medieval Lives
pp 1-26

1 - King, Martyr and Virgin: Imitatio Christi in Ælfric's Life of St Edmund
pp 27-44

2 - Chronology, Genealogy and Conversion: The Afterlife of St Edmund in the North
pp 45-62

3 - Geoffrey of Wells’ Liber de infantia sancti Edmundi and the ‘Anarchy’ of King Stephen's Reign
pp 63-86

4 - Music and Identity in Medieval Bury St Edmunds
pp 87-110

5 - Medieval images of St Edmund in Norfolk Churches
pp 111-132

6 - John Lydgate's Lives of Ss Edmund and Fremund: Politics, Hagiography and Literature
pp 133-144

7 - St Edmund in Fifteenth-Century London: The Lydgatian Miracles of St Edmund
pp 145-162

8 - The Later Lives of St Edmund: John Lydgate to John Stow
pp 163-186

Select Bibliography
pp 187-192

Index
pp 193-198

Miscellaneous Endmatter
pp 199-202

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