Guthlac poems
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The Guthlac poems are a pair of Old English religious poems that recount the life, spiritual struggles, and death of the Anglo-Saxon hermit-saint Guthlac of Crowland.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guthlac poems canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon literature
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Old English poem ⓘ hagiographical poem ⓘ religious poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Exeter Cathedral Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Latin life of Saint Guthlac by Felix
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Vita Sancti Guthlaci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Guthlac
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Guthlac’s sister Pega NERFINISHED ⓘ angels ⓘ demons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
death of Saint Guthlac
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life of Saint Guthlac ⓘ spiritual struggles of Saint Guthlac ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Guthlac A
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Guthlac B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryLanguage | West Saxon dialect (standardized form) ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old English religious verse ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Guthlac of Crowland
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Guthlac’s final illness ⓘ Guthlac’s withdrawal to the hermitage ⓘ death of Guthlac ⓘ early life of Guthlac ⓘ |
| manuscript | Exeter Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| period | Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| saintDepicted | Guthlac of Crowland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Crowland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Old English studies
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hagiographical studies ⓘ medieval English literature ⓘ |
| theme |
asceticism
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divine grace ⓘ hermitic life ⓘ salvation ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ temptation by demons ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.