Download or read book The Cult of Saint Michael the Archangel in Anglo-Saxon England written by Richard Freeman Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there exists a vast body of work on St. Michael the Archangel, there has never been a detailed analysis of the cult of the Archangel in Anglo-Saxon England. The dissertation explores the origins of the legends of St. Michael in the literature of the biblical era, studies the development of the legends and cult of the Archangel, and examines the ways in which the legends were conditioned to accommodate the Anglo-Saxon world in which they functioned.