Aelfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521030731)

Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar lfric also composed, in a "letter" to his fellow monks, a set of Latin liturgical instructions that offer a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation. Commentary and substantial introductory chapters establish the letter's exceptional importance for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy.

Author: Christopher A. Jones,Jones Christopher a.
ISBN-10: 0521030730
ISBN-13: 9780521030731
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2007
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d