The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England

This book provides an edition with a facing translation and detailed commentary of the three apocryphal gospels of Mary written in Old English. The gospels which deal with Mary''s birth childhood death and assumption are found in manuscripts in Oxford and Cambridge but have never been treated as a group before and have been almost totally neglected by English scholars. An extensive introduction covers the origins and development of the apocrypha and their influence in Anglo-Saxon England.