Life Of St Edmund Of Abingdon Archbishop Of Canterbury

Author : Bernard Ward
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ISBN 13 : 9781331846093
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury written by Bernard Ward and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury: His Life, as Told by Old English Writers But this period formed only a comparatively small part of his life. To mention only one other side of his work, St Edmund's life as student and teacher at Paris and Oxford, and his influence on the future destiny of the latter University, and in preparing the way for the advent of the Friars, would alone give him a place among the most interesting of our saints. The time he spent as preacher of the Crusade, and in missionary labours, has likewise an interest of its own. The object aimed at in the following pages, then, is to present a picture of the saints own life as it appeared to his contemporaries in Catholic England, and in their own words, and so to obtain at first hand a glimpse of the religious life of our Catholic ancestors. The sources from which to draw for this purpose are happily abundant, for although in modern times the memory of St Edmund has to a great extent died out amongst us, it was not so in the Middle Ages. He seems to have been one of the most popular of our saints, and his life has been written and re-written many times. The work of selecting suitable extracts so as to form a continuous story, has of course involved much thought: it is hoped that in the result a fairly complete picture of the saint has been afforded. Moreover, St Edmund himself was thoroughly English in mind and character. "St Edmund's life is worth studying" (writes Bishop Hedley), "for this reason among others, that it is almost the only example that we have of medieval Catholic piety displayed in a thoroughly English character." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.