Stephenson, Rebecca. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442624153 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aethelwold,-Saint, Bishop of Winchester,-approximately 908-984-Language.<br/>Byrhtferth,-approximately 970--Language.<br/>Benedictines-England-Winchester-History-To 1500.<br/>Great Britain-History-Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR754.A33 S747 2015eb