The Politics of Language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Byrhtferth, > approximately 970-
Aethelwold, > Saint, Bishop of Winchester, > approximately 908-984.
Byrhtferth, > approximately 970- > Language.
Aethelwold, > Saint, Bishop of Winchester, > approximately 908-984 > Language.
Benedictines.
Benedictines > England > Winchester > History > To 1500.
Literacy.
Languages in contact.
Language and languages.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Literacy > England > History > To 1500.
Languages in contact > England > Winchester > History > To 1500.
Great Britain.
England > Winchester.
England.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 449-1066 (Periode anglo-saxonne)
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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