Wealth and the Material World in the Old English Alfredian Corpus

by Dr Amy Faulkner

A new, materialistic reading of the Alfredian corpus, drawing on diverse approaches from thing theory to Augustinian principles of use and enjoyment to uncover how these works explore the material world.

The Old English prose translations traditionally attributed to Alfred the Great (versions of Gregory's Regula pastoralis, Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae, Augustine's Soliloquia and the first fifty Psalms) urge detachment from the material...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783277599
• ISBN13: 9781783277599
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"