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THE HOMILIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH 2 VOLUME SET
THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE SERMONES CATHOLICI, OR HOMILIES OF AELFRIC IN THE ORIGINAL ANGLO-SAXON, WITH AN ENGLISH VERSION |
| By: |
Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric, Benjamin Thorpe |
| Format: |
Multiple copy pack |
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£75.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108061125 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108061124 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
24 January, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Religion |
| Pages: |
1272 |
| Description: |
This two-volume collection, published 1844-6, contains transcriptions and translations of the Sermones Catholici by 'lfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010). |
| Synopsis: |
The writings of 'lfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990-5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page translations by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2-1870). A well-respected scholar with a strong interest in promoting the study of Old English, Thorpe produced an important edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Rolls Series (also reissued in this series). The volumes of the present work contain sermons that illuminate important calendrical events as well as doctrine and church history. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |