| Lfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham Contributor(s): Jones, Christopher A. (Author), Orchard, Andy (Editor), Keynes, Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521630118 ISBN-13: 9780521630115 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97039146 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.24 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar lfric also composed, in a letter to his fellow monks, a set of Latin liturgical instructions that offer a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation. Commentary and substantial introductory chapters establish the letter's exceptional importance for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy. |