Soldiering for Christ: the role of the Miles Christi in four Old English Saints’ lives by Cahilly-Bretzin, G

“…Moreover, the works on Martin, Guthlac, Andrew, and Eustace illustrate that Old English depictions of spiritual warfare were heavily indebted to models inherited from Scripture and early Christian texts, indicating that Christian militancy was not the result of a ‘Germanisation’ of the faith. …”