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St Edmund, King and Martyr: Changing Images of a Medieval Saint

By Anthony Bale (Editor), A. S. G. Edwards (Contribution by), Alexandra Gillespie (Contribution by), Alison Finlay (Contribution by), Anthony Bale (Contribution by), Carl Phelpstead (Contribution by), Lisa Colton (Contribution by), Paul A. Hayward (Contribution by), Rebecca Pinner (Contribution by)
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By Anthony Bale (Editor), A. S. G. Edwards (Contribution by), Alexandra Gillespie (Contribution by), Alison Finlay (Contribution by), Anthony Bale (Contribution by), Carl Phelpstead (Contribution by), Lisa Colton (Contribution by), Paul A. Hayward (Contribution by), Rebecca Pinner (Contribution by)
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The cult of St Edmund was one of the most important in medieval England, and further afield, as the pieces here show.

St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869, was one of the pre—eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual,literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebrated throughout England, especially at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it also inspired separate cults...

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