Aelfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham:

"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 gli...

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Main Authors: Jones, Christopher A. (Author), Aelfric 955-1022 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Old English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1998
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England 24
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Summary:"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 book contains a new edition of the Latin letter, a textual commentary, and the first 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Teilw. zugl.: Toronto, Univ., Diss., 1995
Physical Description:X, 255 S.
ISBN:0521630118

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