{"product_id":"the-politics-of-language-rebecca-stephenson-9781442650589","title":"The Politics of Language: Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld English literature thrived in late tenth-century England. Its success was the result of a concerted effort by the leaders of the Benedictine Reform movement to encourage both widespread literacy and a simple literary style. The manuscripts written in this era are the source for the majority of the Old English literature that survives today, including literary classics such as \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet the same monks who copied and compiled these important Old English texts themselves wrote in a rarified Latin, full of esoteric vocabulary and convoluted syntax and almost incomprehensible even to the well-educated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and  lfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. By examining developments in Old English and Anglo-Latin side by side, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Language\u003c\/em\u003e opens up a valuable new perspective on the Benedictine Reform and literacy in the late Anglo-Saxon period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Stephenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442650583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442650589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Rebecca Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013930823935,"sku":"9781442650589","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a68a6d78-036c-45c7-8029-9c849f56e890.jpg?v=1767745659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-language-rebecca-stephenson-9781442650589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}