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Aelfrics Letter To The Monks Of Eynsham

  • Paperback
  • 268 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

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For students of early medieval culture and Church history

Reveals daily routines of monks in Anglo-Saxon England

You will gain a deeper understanding of monastic life

This book offers a unique insight into the lives of Anglo-Saxon monks through a newly translated letter.

Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar 'lfric also composed a Latin 'letter' to his fellow monks at Eynsham (Oxfordshire) containing a detailed outline of their daily and seasonal round of prayer and other duties. The document offers a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks in Anglo-Saxon England were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin letters a textual commentary, and a complete English translation of the work. Dr Jones also provides substantial introductory chapters which establish the exceptional importance of the Eynsham letter for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy. The book will interest students of early medieval culture, monasticism and Church history.
Aelfrics Letter To The Monks Of Eynsham and The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon Church
The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon ChurchAelfrics Letter To The Monks Of Eynsham

  • Title

    Aelfrics Letter To The Monks Of Eynsham

  • Author

    Christopher A. Jones (idaho State University)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2007

  • Weight

    400g

  • Page Count

    268

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521030731

  • ISBN-10

    0521030730

  • Eden Code

    1214609

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