TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephenson,Rebecca
TI  - The Politics of Language: Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform
T2  - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
SN  - 9781442624153
AV  - BR754.A33 S747 2015eb 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Aethelwold,-Saint, Bishop of Winchester,-approximately 908-984-Language
KW  - Byrhtferth,-approximately 970--Language
KW  - Benedictines-England-Winchester-History-To 1500
KW  - Great Britain-History-Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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