{"product_id":"rebel-angels-space-and-sovereignty-in-anglo-saxon-england-9781526155924","title":"Rebel Angels: Space and Sovereignty in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver six hundred years before John Milton’s \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching turned rich literary tradition. It can be traced through a range of genres – sermons, saints’ lives, royal charters, riddles, devotional and biblical poetry – each one offering a distinct window into the ancient myth’s place within the Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural imagination. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One comes away from this book with a new appreciation for the motif of the fallen angels, both in its frequency and in its flexibility for interpretation and application.'\u003cbr\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rebel Angels is a fantastic resource collating stories of angelic rebellion in early medieval England.'\u003cbr\u003eJournal of Medieval Religious Cultures\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Lands idle and unused\u003cbr\u003e2 The anxiety of inheritance\u003cbr\u003e3 Rebel clerics, monastic replacements\u003cbr\u003e4 The angels’ share\u003cbr\u003e5 A homeland as a possession\u003cbr\u003e6 A new\u003ci\u003e praedestinati\u003c\/i\u003e in Wulfstan’s \u003ci\u003eSermo Lupi ad Anglos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041020346711,"sku":"9781526155924","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526155924.jpg?v=1750948627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rebel-angels-space-and-sovereignty-in-anglo-saxon-england-9781526155924","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}