The Old English Lives of St Martin of Tours

The Old English Lives of St Martin of Tours
Author: Andre Mertens
Publisher: Göttingen University Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2017
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 3863953134

St Martin of Tours is one of Christianity’s major saints and his significance reaches far beyond the powerful radiance of his iconic act of charity. While the saint and his cult have been researched comprehensively in Germany and France, his cult in the British Isles proves to be fairly unexplored. Andre Mertens closes this gap for Anglo-Saxon England by editing all the age’s surviving texts on the saint, including a commentary and translations. Moreover, Mertens looks beyond the horizon of the surviving body of literary relics and dedicates an introductory study to an analysis of the saint’s cult in Anglo-Saxon England and his significance for Anglo-Saxon culture.

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1879
Genre: Children's literature
ISBN:

Amphibians

Amphibians
Author: Billy Roche
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822219125

THE STORY: Inspired by the biblical story of Isaac, AMPHIBIANS is a dark, elegiac tale of the sea. Eagle, the last fisherman on the river, is about to give up the ghost and go to work in the soulless Menapia Seafood Plant. Before he does, though, h