The Old English Translation of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum in its Historical and Cultural Context Andreas Lemke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemke, Andreas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Place of Publication:

Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2015

[s.l.] : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did King Alfred the Great commission the Old English translation of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, probably the masterpiece of medieval Anglo-Latin Literature, as part of his famous program of translation to educate the Anglo-Saxons? Was the Old English Historia, by any chance, a political and religious manifesto for the emerging 'Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons'? Do we deal with the literary cornerstone of a nascent English identity at a time when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were threatened by a common enemy: the Vikings? Andreas Lemke seeks to answer these questions - among others - in his recent publication. He presents us with a unique compendium of interdisciplinary approaches to the subject and sheds new light on the Old English translation of the Historia in a way that will fascinate scholars of Literature, Language, Philology and History.

Notes:

CC BY-SA

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

982244862