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Article: Soldier Saints and Holy Warriors: Warfare and Sanctity in the Literature of Early England.(Book Review)
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- Christianity and Literature
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- June 22, 2004
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Soldier Saints and Holy Warriors: Warfare and Sanctity in the Literature of Early England. By John Edward Damon. Burlington (VT): Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003. ISBN 0-7546-0473-X. Pp. ix + 327. $79.95.
The explosion of hagiography studies over the past fifteen years has benefited primarily those interested in saint cults of later medieval societies. John Edward Damon's study focuses on sanctity in the writing of early England between 597 A.D. and the Norman Conquest of 1066, a field mostly familiar to Anglo-Saxonists. Weaving deftly among the many close studies of authors, poetry, and culture, Damon examines Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Latin literature to trace a ...