{"product_id":"the-old-english-catholic-homilies-aelfric-9780674304598","title":"The Old English Catholic Homilies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA contemporary edition and translation of one of the great monuments of Old English literary and religious culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe homilies of the monk  lfric, written in the last decade of the tenth century, offer some of the most important prose writing in Old English. They convey contemporary Christian doctrine shaped during a period of monastic reform. Taken together, the homilies offer a distillation of the spiritual inheritance of the English Church before the Norman Conquest. They cover a broad range of topics, from biblical exegesis to saints' lives to general Christian history, with a strong focus on the gospel reading at Mass, explained in language that laypeople could understand.  lfric is famous for his lucid prose, which he later developed into a rhythmical and alliterative style that has often been likened to verse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the second series of \u003ci\u003eCatholic Homilies, \u003c\/i\u003e  lfric continues his project with an additional forty sermons, sometimes multiple for the same occasion, and relies again on the works of Church Fathers such as Augustine, Gregory, and Bede. This is the first complete translation of the Catholic Homilies since 1844, presented alongside the newly edited Old English text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aelfric\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674304594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674304598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Aelfric","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425642627327,"sku":"9780674304598","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95f6600e-6be8-4f30-a9ef-25f349cbaf00.jpg?v=1761540624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-english-catholic-homilies-aelfric-9780674304598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}