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Tota integra, tota incorrupta : The Shrine of St. AEthelthryth as Symbol of Monastic Autonomy

This description of the shrine of Æthelthryth, Anglo-Saxon queen and abbess, comes from an inventory list assembled in 1134 and documented in the Liber Eliensis, which is a compilation of deeds, charters, privileges, and estate litigation designed to recount the history of the Benedictine monastery at Ely, England. This chronicle begins with a book-length vita of Æthelthryth, who is the house’s founder and patron saint, and it features, interspersed throughout the collected documents, a number of miracle stories associated with the twice-married virgin and her shrine.2 In effect, the compilation highlights the life of the monastery’s royal patron and documents the significant events at Ely subsequent to her death. The story of Æthelthryth’s life and of the entombment of her incorruptible corpse figure largely in this monastic narrative, for the shrine—as a material extension of the founder’s preserved corporeality—is invoked as the organizing symbol for the community’s identity. In describing the shrine as an enclosure, one