| Eetss 25: Old English Canons Theodore C Contributor(s): Fulk, R. D. (Author), Jurasinski, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199668183 ISBN-13: 9780199668182 Publisher: Early English Text Society OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 270.109 |
| LCCN: 2012538388 |
| Series: Early English Text Society Supplementary |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Canons are one of the earliest handbooks of penance to appear in any West European vernacular. The material shows the Anglo-Saxons addressing matters ranging from baptism and the ordination of priests to the conduct of the married and sexual norms. Less a translation of the judgements attributed to Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690), than an adaptation of these materials, the work is of major importance for specialists in Old English and historians of medieval Europe generally, affording an early view of what pastoral care in early England may have looked like which is more authentic than the Latin texts on which they are based. |