1. A doctrine defined : the influence of Augustine -- 2. Cooperating with grace : Gregory the Great, apostle to the English -- 3. Meriting grace : The Venerable Bede -- Alfred the Great and the Old English Boethius -- 5. Lantfred of Winchester and the Carmen de libero arbitrio -- 6. Wulstan the Homilist and De adiutorio Dei et libero arbitrio -- 7. Ælfric of Eynsham and the Sermones catholici -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : Patristic texts in Paul the Deacon and Smaragdus -- Appendix II : Bede's Homiliae -- Editions and parallels to In Lucae -- Appendix III : Primary texts
Summary
"The question of whether or not our decisions and efforts make a difference in an uncertain and uncontrollable world had enormous significance for writers in Anglo-Saxon England. Striving with Grace looks at seven authors, who wrote in either Latin or Old English, and the ways in which they sought to resolve this fundamental question"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-399) and index
