Journal article
The Old English Durham and the cult of Cuthbert
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The Old English Durham is a short poem in praise of the final resting place of Saint Cuthbert, the great seventh-century Anglo-Saxon hermit saint. The present essay argues that the poem asserts the primacy of Durham as cult centre, over the previous centres of Lindisfarne and Chester-le-Street, by depicting the city as a space exceptionally suited to Cuthbert and blessed by his presence. The Durham poet presents a selective and idealized description of the city of Durham that uses a hybrid of...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology Journal website
- Volume:
- 115
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 346–369
- Publication date:
- 2016-07-31
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-06-23
- ISSN:
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0364-2968
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- pubs:571410
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-05-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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accepted manuscript of a journal article published by University of Illinois Press in Journal of English and Germanic Philology on 2016-07-31
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