AELFRIC'S LETTER TO THE MONKS OF EYNSHAM by Christopher A. Jones ( 9780521030731 )

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AELFRIC'S LETTER TO THE MONKS OF EYNSHAM

By:

Christopher A. Jones

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0521030730

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 November, 2006

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England v. 24

Pages:

268

Description:

This 1999 book contains an edition of the Latin text and complete English translation of 'lfric's liturgical 'letter'.

Synopsis:

Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar 'lfric 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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