Aelfric's Catholic Homilies: Introduction, Commentary, and Glossary

By Malcolm Godden and Aelfric

This is the third and final volume in the Early English Text Society's edition of AElfric's Catholic Homilies, a set of preaching texts in two series composed in Old English around 900 for the use of preachers throughout England. This final volume gives an account of the origin, function, and dating of the Catholic Homilies and their Latin sources; a detailed commentary on all eighty homilies; and a glossary of all words occurring in the text.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197224199
• ISBN13: 9780197224199
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Length: 858 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"