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The intellectual foundations of the English Benedictine reform /
This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963-84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963-84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwold's scholarly career are explored for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Æthelstan's entourage and his period of study at Glastonbury. Light is shed on the contribution which Æthelstan's cosmopolitan court made to intellectual and spiritual life. Based on a wide range of evidence Dr Gretsch assigns to Æthelwold two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De virginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of the vernacular as a medium for scholarly discourse. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 471 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511038682 9780511038686 0511116632 9780511116636 9780521581554 0521581559 0511006705 9780511006708 9780511483295 0511483295 9780511309670 0511309678 1107113865 9781107113862 1280161728 9781280161728 0511149468 9780511149467 0511053924 9780511053924 |