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The Politics of Language : Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Anglo-Saxon SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442624153
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of LanguageLOC classification:
  • BR754.A33 S747 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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