Aelfric and the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England

The cult of saints was one of the most important aspects of life in the Middle Ages, and it often formed the nucleus of developing group identities in a town, a province or a country. The literature of Anglo-Saxon England is unique among contemporary European literatures in that it features a vast amount of saints'' Lives in the vernacular. Of these Lives, Ælfric is the most important author, and ...