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Originally delivered as a lecture at the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, this volume was published in 2002 as "Ælfric von Eynsham und seine Zeit," introducing, as Gneuss says, "an Anglo-Saxon author . . . who was the first, and for a long time the only, master of prose written in English."

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviated References
Introduction
Ælfric’s Name and Career
Ælfric’s Writings and Their Circulation
Ælfric’s Homiletic Writings
Ælfric’s Language and Style
Ælfric as Language Teacher
Anglo-Saxon Literature in the Vernacular
Ælfric as Adviser of the Episcopacy and Nobility
The Royal House and the Scandinavian Wars
Art and Culture in Winchester
The Survival of Ælfric’s Writings
Index of Scholars

AElfric of Eynsham: His Life, Times and Writings

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: 31/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9781580441445, 978-1580441445
      ISBN10: 1580441440
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally delivered as a lecture at the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, this volume was published in 2002 as "Ælfric von Eynsham und seine Zeit," introducing, as Gneuss says, "an Anglo-Saxon author . . . who was the first, and for a long time the only, master of prose written in English."

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Abbreviated References
      Introduction
      Ælfric’s Name and Career
      Ælfric’s Writings and Their Circulation
      Ælfric’s Homiletic Writings
      Ælfric’s Language and Style
      Ælfric as Language Teacher
      Anglo-Saxon Literature in the Vernacular
      Ælfric as Adviser of the Episcopacy and Nobility
      The Royal House and the Scandinavian Wars
      Art and Culture in Winchester
      The Survival of Ælfric’s Writings
      Index of Scholars

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