Aelfric's letter to the monks of Eynsham

Description:

"Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Aelfric 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 letter, a textual commentary, and the first 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."--Jacket.

subjects: Abbots,  Anglo-Saxons,  Civilization, Anglo-Saxon,  Correspondence,  England,  Eynsham,  Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England),  History,  History and criticism,  Latin Letter writing,  Latin letters, Medieval and modern,  Letter writing, Latin,  Medieval and modern Latin letters,  Middle Ages, 600-1500,  Monastic and religious life,  Translations into English,  Great britain, history, anglo-saxon period, 449-1066,  Aelfric, abbot of eynsham,  Latin letters,  Kloosterleven,  Ordensregel,  Quelle,  Theologie,  Eynsham Abbey

People: Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric,  Aelfric Abbot of Eynsham

Places: England,  Eynsham

Times: Middle Ages, 600-1500,  To 1500