H2020Индивидуална стипендия2017–2019

Cleansing Water · Water and Baptism in Old English Poetry

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2017-09-01 → 2019-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 183 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Ролята на водата и кръщението в четирите най-значими ръкописа с англосаксонска поезия разкрива как тези теми са свързани със спасението. Анализът помага да се разбере духовният живот, културата и представата за отвъдния свят при англосаксонците и тяхното влияние върху европейската култура.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Water and Baptism in Old English Poetry

This project offered the first comprehensive study on the function of water and its relationship with baptism, determining how these topics are treated in relation to salvation in the four most significant OE poetry manuscripts. The study has proven important for society, demonstrating the centrality of baptism and the concern for salvation in the 4 examined manuscripts and other related texts and it has shed new light on the spiritual life of the Anglo-Saxons. The study has led to a better understanding of broader issues, such as the culture of the Anglo-Saxons, their view of life and death and their conception of the afterlife, determining how, and to what extent, this vision has been assimilated and developed in contemporary European culture. The project ascertained the treatment of recurrent expressions, similar themes and intertextual references, demonstrating that the texts surveyed, though transmitted in different codices, share the same concern for eternal salvation, and consider baptismal water as fundamental to gain eternal life.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The purpose of this project is to offer the first comprehensive study of the function of water and its relationship with baptism in the four most significant Old English poetry manuscripts: the Exeter Book, the Vercelli Book, the Junius XI and the Cotton Vitellius A XV. Analysis of a group of mainly poetic texts, selected on the basis of their references to baptism and water, will help determine how these topics are treated and developed in relation to salvation. The texts will also be studied with reference to their codicological context to reconsider the individual manuscripts as a whole and re-evaluate the criteria in the composition of the codices, and the different meaning these topics assume with regard to different contexts. Texts referencing water will be compared to show similarities and differences in the treatment of baptism, and linguistic patterns will be established. The study will lead to a better understanding of the Anglo-Saxons' culture; it will also help determine how, and to what extent, this vision has been assimilated and developed in contemporary European culture. The research results will be presented in a number of outputs, including conference papers, articles, a co-edited volume, and a monograph. The supervisor’s expertise both overlaps with, and complements the researcher’s skills, so that the project will be of mutual benefit at both individual and institutional level. The research activity and training at QUB will foster the researcher’s skills and promote her career by broadening her experience and improving her research techniques through contact with highly qualified scholars in a vibrant working environment. Active participation in seminars and conferences will allow her to engage in international collaboration, facilitating her entry into the international academic world. Her methods will benefit from the encounter with a dynamic community of medievalists, stimulating a multidisciplinary approach to current and future research.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST · BELFASTКоординаторОбединеното кралство