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Aelfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Revision of a doctoral thesis, University of Toronto, 1995. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511005539 9780511005534 0511035632 9780511035630 0511117027 9780511117022 9780521630115 0521630118 |