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The politics of language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenso.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 18.
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984--Language.
- Aethelwold.
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970---Language.
- Byrhtferth.
- Benedictines--England--Winchester--History--To 1500.
- Benedictines.
- Languages in contact--England--Winchester--History--To 1500.
- Languages in contact.
- Literacy--England--History--To 1500.
- Literacy.
- Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and AElfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform
- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages
- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition
- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition
- The politics of AElfric's prefaces
- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : AElfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781442624160
- 1442624167
- 9781442624153
- 1442624159
- OCLC:
- 940513021
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