Stealing Obedience: Narratives of Agency and Identity in Later Anglo-Saxon England by Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe

Stealing Obedience: Narratives of Agency and Identity in Later Anglo-Saxon England

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series

Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe

316 pages missing pub info (editions)

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Narratives of monastic life in Anglo-Saxon England depict individuals as responsible agents in the assumption and performance of religious identities. To modern eyes, however, many of the 'choices' they make would actually appear to be compulsory....

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