The intellectual foundations of the English Benedictine reform

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"This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, which is marked by the Benedictine reform and the establishment of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England by Aethelwold, bishop of Winchester (963-84). The vital early stages of Aethelwold's scholarly career are traced for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Aethelstan's (924-39) entourage and his period of study, together with the new Benedictines, at Glastonbury. After assessing a wide range of evidence from the fields of philology, history, liturgy, textual criticism, palaeography and art history, Mechthild Gretsch definitively assigns to Aethelwold and his circle two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De uirginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of English as a medium for scholarly discourse. New light is also shed on the contribution which King Aethelstan's cosmopolitan court culture made to intellectual and spiritual life in late Anglo-Saxon England."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Anglo-Saxons,  Benedictines,  Benedictines - England - Winchester - History - To 1500,  Bible,  Bible., O.T., Psalms - Interlinear translations, English,  Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier,  England,  English Interlinear translations,  English language,  History,  Intellectual life,  Interlinear translations, English,  Lexicography,  Manuscripts, English (Old),  Old English, ca. 450-1100,  Royal Psalter,  Winchester,  Liturgy,  Texts,  Psalters,  Christian literature, English (Old),  Catholic Church

People: Aethelwold Saint, Bishop of Winchester (ca. 908-984),  Aldhelm Saint (640?-709),  Athelstan King of England (895-939),  Saint, 640?-709., De laudibus virginitatis Aldhelm,  Saint, Bishop of Winchester, ca. 908-984 Aethelwold

Places: England,  Winchester

Times: Old English, ca. 450-1100,  To 1066,  To 1500