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Author Gretsch, Mechthild.

Title The intellectual foundations of the English Benedictine reform / Mechthild Gretsch
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 471 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 25
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 25.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Psalters and psalter glosses in Anglo-Saxon England; 3 The vocabulary of the Royal Psalter; 4 The Royal Psalter and the Rule: lexical and stylistic links; 5 The Aldhelm glosses; 6 Word usage in the Royal Psalter, the Rule and the Aldhelm glosses; 7 Æthelwold and the Old English Rule; 8 Æthelwold and the Royal Psalter; 9 Æthelwold and the Aldhelm glosses; 10 French and German loan influence; 11 Conclusion; Appendix I Aethelwold's life and career; Appendix II The Royal Psalter at Canterbury
Appendix III The Gernrode fragments of an Old Saxon psalm commentaryBibliography; Index of Old English words; Index of Latin words glossed in Old English or translated; General index
Summary This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963-84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwold's scholarly career are explored for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Æthelstan's entourage and his period of study at Glastonbury. Light is shed on the contribution which Æthelstan's cosmopolitan court made to intellectual and spiritual life. Based on a wide range of evidence Dr Gretsch assigns to Æthelwold two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De virginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of the vernacular as a medium for scholarly discourse
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450) and indexes
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Subject Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984.
Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709. De laudibus virginitatis.
Athelstan, King of England, 895-939.
SUBJECT Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 fast
Athelstan, King of England, 895-939 fast
Aldhelm, 0639?-0709. De laudibus virginitatis. ram
AEthelwold (saint ; 0908?-0984) ram
Athelstan ((roi d'Angleterre ; 895-939) ram
Ethelwold (Heiliger) swd
Subject Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. Manuscript. 1650.
Benedictines -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500
SUBJECT Benedictines fast
Benediktiner gnd
Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier (Belgique) -- Manuscrits. Ms. 1650. ram
Ordre de saint Benoît -- Grande-Bretagne -- Winchester -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500. ram
Bible. Psalms -- Interlinear translations, English
Royal Psalter. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99047545
Bible. Psalms fast
De laudibus virginitatis (Aldhelm, Saint) fast
Royal Psalter fast
Bible. A.T. -- Traductions interlinéaires anglaises. ram
Subject English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Lexicography
Manuscripts, English (Old) -- England -- Winchester
Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Winchester
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Old & Middle English.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Anglo-Saxons
English language -- Old English -- Lexicography
Intellectual life
Manuscripts, English (Old)
Reform
Kloosterwezen.
Saint Æthelwold Benedictional.
Benedictijnen.
Oudengels.
Bénédictins -- Grande-Bretagne -- Angleterre (GB) -- Vie intellectuelle -- 10e siècle.
Anglais (langue) -- 450-1100 (vieil anglais) -- Lexicographie.
Manuscrits anglais (vieil anglais) -- Grande-Bretagne -- Winchester.
SUBJECT England -- Intellectual life -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043299
Subject England
England -- Winchester
England
Angleterre (GB) -- Vie intellectuelle -- 10e siècle.
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Form Electronic book
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