Title Aelfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham / Christopher A. Jones

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) Series Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24 Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24. Contents 1. The Eynsham 'letter' and the study of Aelfric -- 2. Structure and sources -- 3. The manuscript -- 4. Critical and editorial history -- Aelfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham: text and translation Summary Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric also composed a Latin 'letter' to his fellow monks at Eynsham (Oxfordshire) containing a detailed outline of their daily and seasonal round of prayer and other duties. The document offers a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks in Anglo-Saxon England were expected to know and do. This 1999 book contains an edition of the Latin letters a textual commentary, and a complete English translation of the work. Dr Jones also provides substantial introductory chapters which establish the exceptional importance of the Eynsham letter for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy. The book will interest students of early medieval culture, monasticism and Church history Notes Revision of a doctoral thesis, University of Toronto, 1995 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham -- Correspondence SUBJECT Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham fast Subject Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) SUBJECT Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) fast Subject Monastic and religious life -- England -- Eynsham -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- England -- Eynsham -- History and criticism Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- England -- Eynsham -- Translations into English Abbots -- England -- Eynsham -- Correspondence Letter writing -- History -- To 1500 Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Eynsham Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations. Abbots Anglo-Saxons Civilization, Anglo-Saxon Latin letters, Medieval and modern Letter writing Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages Kloosterleven. England -- Eynsham Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Personal correspondence Translations Bronnen (vorm) Form Electronic book ISBN 0511005539 9780511005534 0511035632 9780511035630 0511117027 9780511117022 9780521630115 0521630118

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