The politics of language : Byrhtferth, Ælfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781442624153
- ISBN: 1442624159
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)
- Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |