Graduate Program
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
2012
Thesis Director
Timothy Shonk
Thesis Committee Member
C. C. Wharram
Thesis Committee Member
Stephen Canfield
Abstract
While depicting Christian saints is certainly not unique to Old English literature, the presence of a hagiographic tradition within its corpus offers a variety of possibilities for academic investigation by editors of Old English texts. Of particular interest is JElfric's "Passio Sancti Eadmundi Regis et Martyris." This hagiography, which focuses upon an Anglo-Saxon king of the ninth century, is acknowledged by JElfric to be a translation of Abbo of Fleury' s Latin account of Edmund's death. Fortunate! y, copies of both JElfric's Old English version and Abbo's Latin original have survived to the modern day. As a result, the modern editor of "Passio Sancti Eadmundi Regis et Martyris" can utilize both texts in the editorial process and highlight those elements that make JE!fric's version a rhetorically distinct version of Saint Edmund's martyrdom.
Recommended Citation
Potmesil, Benjamin W., "The Anglicization of Ælfric's "Passio Sancti Eadmundi Regis et Martyris"" (2012). Masters Theses. 964.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/964
