This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a 50-line poem by the Venerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth ...
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This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a 50-line poem by the Venerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth --
This work narrates the lives of two Anglo-Saxon princesses who were venerated as saints long after their deaths. It features two poems, composed at Wilton Abbey in the early 15th century, which allow us to see how late medieval religious women practiced their devotion to early m…