| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Volume 1. 450-1066. Patrick, confession -- Gildas, the destruction of Britain -- The earliest charters -- Theodore of Canterbury -- Descriptions of the holy land -- Aldhelm -- Riddles (Aenigmata) -- 'Anonymous of Whitby', the life of gregory the great -- Burginda, letter to a young man -- Bede, educational writings -- Two lives of St Cuthbert -- Wealdhere, letter to Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, letter about a slave girl, to Forthhere, Bishop of Sherborne -- Ælfflæd of Whitby, letter to Abbess Adolana in Germany -- Eddi, the life of Wilfrid -- Two lives of Ceolfrith, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow -- Bede, the ecclesiastical history of the English people -- Bede, letter to Bishop Ecgberht -- Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow -- Felix, the life of St Guthlac -- The letters of Boniface's circle -- King Æthelbald of Mercia Grants Abbess Eadburg of Thanet exemption from tax -- Willibald of Mainz, the life of St Boniface -- Hugeburc of Heidenheim, the life of Willibald, Bishop of Eichstätt -- Alchfrith, prayer to Holy Mary -- Alcuin, the life of St Willibrord (from the prose and verse versions) -- Alcuin, dialogue on grammar : two pupils discuss the parts of speech with their master -- The coming of the Vikings and the destruction of Lindisfarne in 793 -- Æthelwulf, poem on the abbots of his monastery -- The history of the Britons -- Archbishop Æthelred grants land to a layman for a sum of gold -- Asser, the achievements of King Alfred -- A layman grants land to his son-in-law who sells it to the Bishop of Selsey for silver and a horse -- The monastic agreement of the monks and nuns of the Wnglish nation (Regularis concordia) -- Literary texts associated with St Swithun -- Æthelweard, chronicle -- A treaty between King Æthelred II ('the Unready') and three Viking leaders -- Ælfric of Eynsham, preface to the first series of Catholic homilies -- Ælfric of Eynsham and his school, educational writings -- Saints' lives from around the millennium -- Three accounts of King Alfred and the cakes -- In praise of Queen Emma |
| Summary |
"This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period ad 450-1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- Great Britain
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- Great Britain -- Translations into English
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Conybeare, Catherine, writer of foreword
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| ISBN |
9781316890738 |
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1316890732 |
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9781316890691 |
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1316890694 |
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