Boy Crucifixion, Sainthood, and the Puzzling Case of Harold of Gloucester.
- Author / Editor
- Dahood, Roger.
Boy Crucifixion, Sainthood, and the Puzzling Case of Harold of Gloucester.
- Published
- Susan Powell, ed. Saints and Cults in Medieval England: Proceedings of the 2015 Harlaxton Symposium, Harlaxton Medieval Studies, 27 (Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2017), pp. 140–55.
- Description
- Claims that the clergeon in PrT invokes Hugh of Lincoln, one of a number of Christian boys purportedly crucified by Jews in mockery of Christ's Passion. Addresses why the victims in such stories are boys, not adults as Jesus was when he was crucified, and argues that peculiarities in Harold of Gloucester's story suggest that the boy victim arises primarily from Christian interpretation of Exodus 12:3–9, the Passover narrative.
- Contributor
- Susan Powell, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Saints and Cults in Medieval England: Proceedings of the 2015 Harlaxton Symposium
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale