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Aelfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham / Christopher A. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Christopher A. (Christopher Andrew), author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24.
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham--Correspondence.
- Aelfric.
- Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England).
- Monastic and religious life--England--Eynsham--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monastic and religious life.
- Latin letters, Medieval and modern--England--Eynsham--History and criticism.
- Latin letters, Medieval and modern.
- Latin letters, Medieval and modern--England--Eynsham--Translations into English.
- Abbots--England--Eynsham--Correspondence.
- Abbots.
- Letter writing, Latin--England--History--To 1500.
- Letter writing, Latin.
- Anglo-Saxons--England--Eynsham.
- Anglo-Saxons.
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11536-1
- 1-280-16184-1
- 0-511-11702-7
- 0-511-00553-9
- 0-511-14957-3
- 0-511-30972-4
- 0-511-48332-5
- 0-511-05087-9
- OCLC:
- 437250272
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