A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry

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dc.contributor.authorWoeber, Catherineen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1987en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 71-72.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates the concept of Christian heroism as it appears in a number of Old English poems, through a study of the figure of the miles Christi. These poems present a specific Christian heroism which, though couched in terms culled from Germanic heroism, nevertheless exists in its own right and is quite different from it. Christ and his saints are seen as heroes in themselves (Christian servants obedient to the will of God) rather than as heroic warriors as they are usually regarded (Germanic heroes fighting for a Christian cause). They are leaders and heroes in the sense of servants, and not only like kings and warriors of the Germanic code. A study of some poems from the Cynewulf canon shows that the poets understood Christian heroism to mean more than brave battling for the cause of good; in essence, it is complete submission to the will of God.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWoeber, C. (1987). <i>A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21143en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWoeber, Catherine. <i>"A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21143en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWoeber, C. 1987. A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Woeber, Catherine AB - This dissertation investigates the concept of Christian heroism as it appears in a number of Old English poems, through a study of the figure of the miles Christi. These poems present a specific Christian heroism which, though couched in terms culled from Germanic heroism, nevertheless exists in its own right and is quite different from it. Christ and his saints are seen as heroes in themselves (Christian servants obedient to the will of God) rather than as heroic warriors as they are usually regarded (Germanic heroes fighting for a Christian cause). They are leaders and heroes in the sense of servants, and not only like kings and warriors of the Germanic code. A study of some poems from the Cynewulf canon shows that the poets understood Christian heroism to mean more than brave battling for the cause of good; in essence, it is complete submission to the will of God. DA - 1987 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1987 T1 - A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry TI - A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21143 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWoeber C. A study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1987 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21143en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticismen_ZA
dc.subject.otherChristianity in literatureen_ZA
dc.titleA study of Christ and his saints as representatives of the values of Christian heroism in Old English poetryen_ZA
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