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The Politics of Language: Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform
Rebecca Stephenson
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Hardback. Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Aelfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Old 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 Beowulf. 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. Comparing works by the two ... Read more
Old 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 Beowulf. 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. Comparing works by the two ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442650589
SKU
V9781442650589
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About Rebecca Stephenson
Rebecca Stephenson is a Lecturer in Old and Middle English at University College Dublin.
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