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Dominic Marner.
St. Cuthbert: His Life and Cult in Medieval Durham.
Published London: The British Library, 2000.
ISBN 0712346864;
ISBN-13: 9780712346863.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 222×287×15mm.
Page count: 112pp, illustrated throughout, monochrome and colour.
Main language: English.
Unused bargain: this copy is unused, but was not supplied shrink-wrapped by the manufacturer so shows some storage wear, the usual mild scuffs etc.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 774g.

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Cuthbert, hermit, prior and then Bishop at Lindisfarne, became, upon his death in 687, one of the most important medieval saints, and a key figure in the religious and political life of Northumbria. Several Lives were written about him, churches were dedicated to his memory and pilgrims travelled to Durham to benefit from the healing powers associated with him.

However, the rising cult of Thomas Becket after his assassination in 1170 threatened Cuthbert’s popularity and the monastic community at Durham was forced to exert special efforts to revive his cult. This involved the construction of new buildings to attract pilgrims, and the production of beautiful books, vestments and metalwork to embellish the saint’s shrine. This important new book tells the story of Cuthbert’s life and of the extraordinary efforts to rejuvinate his cult in late twelfth-century Durham. Marner places the actions of the monastic community in the context of the tumultuous political and religious events taking place in England at the time.

As well as the history of Cuthbert himself, this book also focuses on one of the most sumptuously decorated Lives of Cuthbert produced during this critical period (BL Yates Thompson MS 26), and explains its central importance to the revival of the cult. The final section of this book reproduces in full colour all of the 46 extant miniatures from this manuscript.
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