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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My notes refer to a Passion of St George written by Aelfric, Archbishop of York in the early eleventh century. I believe I got this from 'Martyrdom in East and West: the Saga of St. George of Nobatia and England', in D. Wood (ed.) Martyrs and Martyrologies: Studies in Church History 30 (Oxford, 1993), 47-56; and/or Hill, J. "Aelfric, Gelasius, and St. George", Mediaevalia 11 (1985), 1-17. Both sources I found on David Wood's website at http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/grgbibliog.html I feel sure I read chunks of this Passion, either in one of these articles or by following a citation in Bengston, J. 'Saint George and the Formation of English Nationalism', Journal of Medieval and Early Medieval Studies 27 (1997), 317-40. But I do note that my article itself referred only to George being known in England by the c8, but not to the vernacular lives of him mentioned in the email. I find that my notes on Anglo-Saxon material are a little bare: my focus was very much post-Conquest: it was enough to establish that the Anglo-Saxons knew of him. Apart from the mention in passing of the above passion, I also listed a few other Anglo-Saxon references to St George cited by Bengston, and that the New Advent website lists various pre-Conquest English church dedications to him. I do hope this is of some help. Jon -----Original Message----- From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jimm MacGregor Sent: 20 April 2006 15:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Saint George and Vernacular Literature (was St George) At 01:55 AM 4/20/2006 +0100, you wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture "St George was known to the Anglo-Saxons; there are even vernacular poems about him." I see this claim made frequently, but I have yet to discover any vernacular Anglo-Saxon poems about Saint George. I am aware of the saint's legend in the Old English Martyrology and Aelfric's Lives of Saints, but these are the only vernacular sources about the saint of which I am aware. I have also read Joyce Hill's excellent article on Saint George's cult in England before the Norman Conquest and she makes no mention of any vernacular texts other than OEM and Aelfric. I would therefore be much obliged to anyone who can direct me to other vernacular Anglo-Saxon sources about Saint George. Regards, Jimm MacGregor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History Department of History, Philosophy, and Geography Missouri Western State University 4525 Downs Drive St. Joseph, MO 64507 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html