Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context, Karen Louise Jolly's 1996 study from the University of North Carolina Press, argues the Anglo-Saxon elf charms are best read as a Christian vernacular tradition integrating liturgy and native custom, rather than as surviving pagan remnants. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed academic monograph and the earlier of two named scholarly positions on the elf charms that later work, including Alaric Hall's, argues against. Its limit is that Jolly's Christian-vernacular reading is one side of a genuine ongoing scholarly disagreement, not a settled consensus.
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Reliability tier 1: a peer reviewed academic monograph from the University of North Carolina Press, written by a named academic historian, one side of a genuine ongoing scholarly disagreement rather than a settled consensus. NotesArgues the Anglo-Saxon elf charms are best read as a Christian vernacular tradition integrating liturgy and native custom, rather than as surviving pagan remnants. Scope note: covers the specific Christian-vernacular-tradition reading attributed to Jolly in the Wid Faerstice article, as the earlier of the two named positions the article sets against each other.
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AuthorKaren Louise Jolly
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
Publication Year1996
URLhttps://uncpress.org/9780807845653/popular-religion-in-late-saxon-england/
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Anglo-Saxons directly: "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context, Karen Louise Jolly's 1996 study from the University of North Carolina Press, argues the Anglo-Saxon elf charms are best read as a..."
This source names Saxons directly: "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context, Karen Louise Jolly's 1996 study from the University of North Carolina Press, argues the Anglo-Saxon elf charms are best read as a..."
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