Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham
, by Christopher A. JonesNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521030731 | 0521030730
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/29/2007
Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar lfric also composed a Latin 'letter' to his fellow monks at Eynsham (Oxfordshire) containing a detailed outline of their daily and seasonal round of prayer and other duties. The document offers a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks in Anglo-Saxon England were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin letters a textual commentary, and a complete English translation of the work. Dr Jones also provides substantial introductory chapters which establish the exceptional importance of the Eynsham letter for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy. The book will interest students of early medieval culture, monasticism and Church history.