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Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context by Karen Louise Jolly

Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context

Karen Louise Jolly

264 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
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In tenth- and eleventh-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans. To ward off the afflictions caused by these invisible beings, Christian priests ...

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