Description |
1 online resource (215 pages) |
Series |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
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Contents |
Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of Ælfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : Ælfric's latin epitomes and English translations |
Summary |
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 -- Language
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Byrhtferth, approximately 970- -- Language
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Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 fast |
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Byrhtferth, approximately 970- fast |
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Benedictines -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500
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Benedictines fast |
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Languages in contact -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500
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Literacy -- England -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Language and languages
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Languages in contact
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Literacy
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Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056730
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England
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England -- Winchester
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781442624153 |
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1442624159 |
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