Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781139425780
ISBN-13 : 1139425781
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Book Synopsis Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham by : Christopher A. Jones

Download or read book Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham written by Christopher A. Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-25 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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