UID:
almafu_9959242187802883
Format:
1 online resource (229 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-2416-7
,
1-4426-2415-9
Series Statement:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 18
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
,
Issued also in print.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-5058-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
;
Electronic books.
;
History.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442624153
