The politics of language :
Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975-
The politics of language : Byrhtferth, �lfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson. - 1 online resource (215 pages). - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of �lfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : �lfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and �lfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153 1442624159
22573/ctt17rww8c JSTOR
20159025990
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 --Language.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970- --Language.
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970-
Benedictines--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Benedictines.
To 1500
Languages in contact--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Literacy--History--England--To 1500.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Language and languages.
Languages in contact.
Literacy.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
England.
England--Winchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
BR754.A33 / S74 2015
942.01/7
The politics of language : Byrhtferth, �lfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson. - 1 online resource (215 pages). - Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series . - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of �lfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : �lfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and �lfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
9781442624153 1442624159
22573/ctt17rww8c JSTOR
20159025990
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 --Language.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970- --Language.
Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984.
Byrhtferth, approximately 970-
Benedictines--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Benedictines.
To 1500
Languages in contact--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.
Literacy--History--England--To 1500.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Language and languages.
Languages in contact.
Literacy.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
England.
England--Winchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
BR754.A33 / S74 2015
942.01/7