Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

By:

Christopher A. Jones

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England

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Though best-known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Alfric 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 book contains a new edition of the Latin letters a textual commentary, and the first 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.

Release date NZ

March 25th, 1999

Author

Christopher A. Jones

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

266

Series

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9780521630115

Product ID

2062143

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