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Author Jones, Christopher A. (Christopher Andrew), author.

Title Ælfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham / Christopher A. Jones
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 24.
Contents Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 The Eynsham 'letter' and the study of Aelfric; 2 Structure and sources; 3 The manuscript; 4 Critical and editorial history; Editorial principles; Aelfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham; Commentary; Appendix: Concordance of section divisions in the Regularis concordia; Bibliography; Index of liturgical formae; General index
Summary The Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric composed an important set of Latin liturgical instructions for his fellow monks. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation, along with a commentary and substantial introductory chapters
Notes Originally published in printed format 1999
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 1995
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and indexes
Notes Print version
In ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham -- Correspondence
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. fast (OCoLC)fst00018272
Subject Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England)
SUBJECT Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) fast (OCoLC)fst00710768
Subject Monastic and religious life -- England -- Eynsham -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- England -- Eynsham -- History and criticism
Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- England -- Eynsham -- Translations into English
Abbots -- England -- Eynsham -- Correspondence
Letter writing, Latin -- England -- History -- To 1500
Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Eynsham
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Abbots.
Anglo-Saxons.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Latin letters, Medieval and modern.
Letter writing, Latin.
Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages.
England.
England -- Eynsham.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Translations.
Form Electronic book
Author Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
ISBN 9780511050879
0511050879