Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Early Medieval North Atlantic /
DeAngelo, Jeremy
Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Early Medieval North Atlantic / Jeremy DeAngelo. - 1 online resource - The Early Medieval North Atlantic .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Hermit and the Outlaw -- 1. Outlawry and Liminality in the North Atlantic -- 2. Imitating Exile in Early Medieval Ireland -- 3. Lessons of Conduct in Anglo-Saxon England -- 4. The Transgressive Hero -- 5. Cultural Exchange at the Boundaries of the Far North -- 6. Transgression in Transition after the Norman Conquest -- Bibliography -- Index
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In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles-young adventurer, freedom fighter, and even saint. Out of Bounds examines the development of the literary outlaw in the early Middle Ages, when traditions drawn from Anglo-Saxon England, early Christian Ireland, and Viking Age Iceland informed a generous view of itinerant criminality and facilitated the application of outlaw tropes to moral questions of conduct in both secular and religious life. Taken together, the traditions of the North Atlantic archipelago reveal a world of interconnected cultures with an expansive view of movement across boundaries both literal and conceptual, capable of finding value in unlikely places and countenancing the challenges presented by such discoveries.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789462984080 9789048534593
10.1515/9789048534593 doi
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval--Themes, motives.
Outlaws in literature.
HISTORY / General.
PN682.O87
823.008
Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Early Medieval North Atlantic / Jeremy DeAngelo. - 1 online resource - The Early Medieval North Atlantic .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Hermit and the Outlaw -- 1. Outlawry and Liminality in the North Atlantic -- 2. Imitating Exile in Early Medieval Ireland -- 3. Lessons of Conduct in Anglo-Saxon England -- 4. The Transgressive Hero -- 5. Cultural Exchange at the Boundaries of the Far North -- 6. Transgression in Transition after the Norman Conquest -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles-young adventurer, freedom fighter, and even saint. Out of Bounds examines the development of the literary outlaw in the early Middle Ages, when traditions drawn from Anglo-Saxon England, early Christian Ireland, and Viking Age Iceland informed a generous view of itinerant criminality and facilitated the application of outlaw tropes to moral questions of conduct in both secular and religious life. Taken together, the traditions of the North Atlantic archipelago reveal a world of interconnected cultures with an expansive view of movement across boundaries both literal and conceptual, capable of finding value in unlikely places and countenancing the challenges presented by such discoveries.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789462984080 9789048534593
10.1515/9789048534593 doi
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval--Themes, motives.
Outlaws in literature.
HISTORY / General.
PN682.O87
823.008