A companion to Ælfric / / edited by Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan.
This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ælfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key Ælfric scholars working today and some important newer...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, 2009. |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (484 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
- Introduction / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
- Chapter One. Ælfric Scholarship / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
- Chapter Two. Ælfric: His Life And Works / Joyce Hill
- Chapter Three. Ælfric And The Limits Of Benedictine Reform / Christopher A. Jones
- Chapter Four. Ælfric, Language And Winchester / Mechthild Gretsch
- Chapter Five. Ælfric And The Alfredian Precedents / Malcolm R. Godden
- Chapter Six. Ælfrics Lay Patrons / Catherine Cubitt
- Chapter Seven. Ælfric As Pedagogue / Thomas N. Hall
- Chapter Eight. Catechetic Homiletics: Ælfrics Preaching And Teaching During Lent / Robert K. Upchurch
- Chapter Nine. Identity And Ideology In Ælfrics Prefaces / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
- Chapter Ten. In Ælfrics Words: Conversion, Vigilance And The Nation In Ælfrics Life Of Gregory The Great / Clare A. Lees
- Chapter Eleven. Ælfrics Schemes And Tropes: Amplificatio And The Portrayal Of Persecutors / Gabriella Corona
- Chapter Twelve. Boredom, Brevity And Last Things: Ælfrics Style And The Politics Of Time / Kathleen Davis
- Chapter Thirteen. The Use Of Ælfrics Homilies: Mss Oxford,Bodleian Library, Junius 85 And 86 In The Field / Jonathan Wilcox
- Chapter Fourteen. Assembling Ælfric: Reconstructing The Rationale Behind Eleventh And Twelfth-Century Compilations / Aaron J Kleist
- Chapter Fifteen. Making Their Presence Felt: Readers Of Ælfric, C. 1050-1350 / Elaine Treharne
- Bibliography / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan.