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Did the English really think they were God’s elect in the Anglo-Saxon period?
- Abstract:
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This article challenges the contention that during the Anglo-Saxon period the English considered themselves God's specially chosen people, like the Old Testament Israelites. The texts upon which this interpretation has been based are re-analysed; particular attention is devoted to the writings of Gildas, Bede, Alcuin and Wulfstan, the prose preface of the Old English ‘Pastoral care’, and the introduction to King Alfred's legislation. The English could see themselves as a Christian people, and thus among God's chosen, but they do not appear to have claimed to be the beneficiaries of a more particularist form of divine election.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 87.2KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S0022046914001249
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Host title:
- The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 721-737
- Series:
- The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
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- Paper number:
- 65
- Language:
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English
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2013-10-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This article has been accepted for publication and has appeared in a revised form, subsequent to editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, published by Cambridge University Press. The published article is available in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65 (2014), pp. 721-37, and at the Publisher Copy link above. The article is copyright Cambridge University Press 2013.
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