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849265
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Stephenson, Rebecca,1975-
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| Title & Author
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The politics of language : : Byrhtferth, Ælfric, and the multilingual identity of the Benedictine reform /\ Rebecca Stephenson.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto ;Buffalo ;London :: University of Toronto Press,, [2015]
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, ©2015
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| Series Statement
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
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1 online resource (215 pages).
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| ISBN
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1442624159
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: 9781442624153
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1442650583
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9781442650589
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the literary context of the monastic reform -- Pedagogy of the Enchiridion : layout and languages -- Scapegoating the secular clergy : the hermeneutic style as a form of monastic self-definition -- The politics of English : computus, translation, and monastic self-definition -- The politics of Ælfric's prefaces -- Unravelling the hermeneutic style : Ælfric's latin epitomes and English translations.
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| Abstract
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Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
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Aethelwold,approximately 908-984-- Language.
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Byrhtferth,approximately 970-Language.
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Aethelwold,approximately 908-984.
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Byrhtferth,approximately 970-
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Benedictines-- England-- Winchester-- History-- To 1500.
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Benedictines.
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Languages in contact-- England-- Winchester-- History-- To 1500.
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Literacy-- England-- History-- To 1500.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.
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Language and languages.
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Languages in contact.
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Literacy.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Great Britain, History, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
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England, Winchester.
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England.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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942.01/7
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| LC Classification
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BR754.A33S74 2015
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