Overview
Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric, portrays an array of saints-including virgin martyrs, kings, soldiers, and bishops-whose examples modeled courageous faith, self-sacrifice, and individual and collective resistance at a turbulent time when England was under severe Viking attack.
- | By (Author): Aelfric
- | Publisher: Harvard University Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 19, 2019
- | Country of Publication: United States
- | Number of Pages: 416 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 067442509X
- | ISBN-13: 9780674425095
