The politics of language : Byrhtferth, �lfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform / Rebecca Stephenson.
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TextSeries: Toronto Anglo-Saxon seriesPublisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781442624153
- 1442624159
- Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984 -- Language
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970- -- Language
- Benedictines -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500
- Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, approximately 908-984
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970-
- Benedictines
- Languages in contact -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500
- Literacy -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Language and languages
- Languages in contact
- Literacy
- England
- England -- Winchester
- Great Britain
- To 1500
- 942.01/7 23
- BR754.A33 S74 2015
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.
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