Stephenson, Rebecca,  1975- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442624153 1442624159 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt17rww8c  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20159025990 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester,  approximately 908-984 --Language.<br/>Byrhtferth, approximately 970- --Language.<br/>Aethelwold, Saint, Bishop of Winchester,  approximately 908-984. <br/>Byrhtferth, approximately 970- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Benedictines--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.<br/>Benedictines.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 1500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Languages in contact--History--England--Winchester--To 1500.<br/>Literacy--History--England--To 1500.<br/>HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.<br/>Language and languages.<br/>Languages in contact.<br/>Literacy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.<br/>England.<br/>England--Winchester.<br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR754.A33  / S74 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>942.01/7