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Stealing obedience : narratives of agency and identity in later Anglo-Saxon England /

"Narratives of monastic life in Anglo-Saxon England depict individuals as responsible agents in the assumption and performance of religious identities. To modern eyes, however, many of the 'choices' they make would actually appear to be compulsory. Stealing Obedience explores how a Ch...

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Main Author: O'Brien O'Keeffe, Katherine, 1948-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Language Notes:Includes some text in Latin and Old English.
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
Series:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 11.
Subjects:
Wulfstan, > of Winchester, > active 1000. > Life of St. Aethelwold.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Obedience in literature.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Wulfstan, > of Winchester, > époque 1000. > Life of St. Aethelwold.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
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Summary:"Narratives of monastic life in Anglo-Saxon England depict individuals as responsible agents in the assumption and performance of religious identities. To modern eyes, however, many of the 'choices' they make would actually appear to be compulsory. Stealing Obedience explores how a Christian notion of agent action - where freedom incurs responsibility - was a component of identity in the last hundred years of Anglo-Saxon England, and investigates where agency (in the modern sense) might be sought in these narratives.
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe looks at Benedictine monasticism through the writings of Ælfric, Anselm, Osbern of Canterbury, and Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, as well as liturgy, canon and civil law, chronicle, dialogue, and hagiography, to analyse the practice of obedience in the monastic context. Stealing Obedience brings a highly original approach to the study of Anglo-Saxon narratives of obedience in the adoption of religious identity."--Pub. desc.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1442661909 (electronic bk.)
9781442661905 (electronic bk.)