The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England #26

by Mary Clayton

This book provides an edition, with a facing translation and detailed commentary, of the three apocryphal gospels of Mary written in Old English. The gospels, which deal with Mary's birth, childhood, death and assumption, are found in manuscripts in Oxford and Cambridge, but have never been treated as a group before, and have been almost totally neglected by English scholars. An extensive introduction covers the origins and development of the apocrypha and their influence in Anglo-Saxon England.

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

A lecturer in English lit., University College, Dublin.

Education: Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Univ. College, Cork, B.A., 1975; attended Univ. of Munich, 1975-76; Oxford Univ., D. Phil., 1983.

She is on the Advisory Editorial Board of Anglo-Saxon England and is President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.