Ælfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham
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Ælfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham
（Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 24）
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"Revision of a doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Tronto in the summer of 1995" by acknowledgements
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar AElfric 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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1. The Eynsham 'letter' and the study of AElfric
- 2. Structure and sources
- 3. The manuscript
- 4. Critical and editorial history
- Editorial principles
- AElfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham: text and translation
- Commentary
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index of liturgical formae
- General index.
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