Judith and Anglo-Saxon England: Christianization and the Warrior Tradition

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The thesis discusses the manner in which the Old Testament story of Judith was adapted for a Christian Anglo-Saxon audience steeped in the Germanic warrior tradition in the Old English poem Judith.

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Judith, The Book of Judith, Old English poetry, Anglo-Saxon, Christianization, Germanic, Warrior, Old Testament

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