Textual representations of almsgiving in Late Anglo-Saxon England

This thesis is a study of the textual representations of almsgiving in the homiletic and documentary sources of late Anglo-Saxon England. Almsgiving, a fundamental part of lay Christian devotional practice, has been primarily ignored by scholars as a subject for study in its own right, particularly...

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Main Author: Olson, Aleisha
Other Authors: Cubitt, Catherine
Published: University of York 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535049