The politics of language : Byrhtferth, Ælfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform /
Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975-
The politics of language : Byrhtferth, Ælfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson. - 1 online resource (215 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of Ælfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : Ælfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153 (electronic book) 1442624159 (electronic book) (bound) (bound)
22573/ctt17rww8c JSTOR
20159025990
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 --Language.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970- --Language.
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970-
Benedictines--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Benedictines.
To 1500
Languages in contact--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Literacy--History--England--To 1500.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Language and languages.
Languages in contact.
Literacy.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
England.
England--Winchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BR754.A33 / S74 2015
942.01/7
The politics of language : Byrhtferth, Ælfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson. - 1 online resource (215 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of Ælfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : Ælfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153 (electronic book) 1442624159 (electronic book) (bound) (bound)
22573/ctt17rww8c JSTOR
20159025990
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 --Language.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970- --Language.
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970-
Benedictines--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Benedictines.
To 1500
Languages in contact--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Literacy--History--England--To 1500.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Language and languages.
Languages in contact.
Literacy.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
England.
England--Winchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BR754.A33 / S74 2015
942.01/7