Lfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

by Christopher A. Jones

Book Overview

Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar lfric also composed, in a letter to his fellow monks, a set of Latin liturgical instructions that offer a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation. Commentary and substantial introductory chapters establish the letter's exceptional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521630118
• ISBN13: 9780521630115
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"