The Politics of Language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform.
Stephenson, Rebecca.
The Politics of Language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series .
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Literary Context of the Monastic Reform -- Part One -- 1 Pedagogy of the Enchiridion: Layout and Languages -- 2 Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition -- 3 The Politics of English: Computus, Translation, and Monastic Self-Definition -- Part Two -- 4 The Politics of Ælfric's Prefaces -- 5 Unravelling the Hermeneutic Style: Ælfric's Latin Epitomes and English Translations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153
Aethelwold,-Saint, Bishop of Winchester,-approximately 908-984-Language.
Byrhtferth,-approximately 970--Language.
Benedictines-England-Winchester-History-To 1500.
Great Britain-History-Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Electronic books.
BR754.A33 S747 2015eb
The Politics of Language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series .
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Literary Context of the Monastic Reform -- Part One -- 1 Pedagogy of the Enchiridion: Layout and Languages -- 2 Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition -- 3 The Politics of English: Computus, Translation, and Monastic Self-Definition -- Part Two -- 4 The Politics of Ælfric's Prefaces -- 5 Unravelling the Hermeneutic Style: Ælfric's Latin Epitomes and English Translations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153
Aethelwold,-Saint, Bishop of Winchester,-approximately 908-984-Language.
Byrhtferth,-approximately 970--Language.
Benedictines-England-Winchester-History-To 1500.
Great Britain-History-Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Electronic books.
BR754.A33 S747 2015eb