Intellect Found Eng Benedict Reform - Couverture souple

Gretsch

 
9780521030526: Intellect Found Eng Benedict Reform
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521030528 ISBN 13 : 9780521030526
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963–84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwold's scholarly career are explored for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Æthelstan's entourage and his period of study at Glastonbury. Light is shed on the contribution which Æthelstan's cosmopolitan court made to intellectual and spiritual life. Based on a wide range of evidence Dr Gretsch assigns to Æthelwold two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De virginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of the vernacular as a medium for scholarly discourse.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963–84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwold's scholarly career are explored for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Æthelstan's entourage and his period of study at Glastonbury. Light is shed on the contribution which Æthelstan's cosmopolitan court made to intellectual and spiritual life. Based on a wide range of evidence Dr Gretsch assigns to Æthelwold two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De virginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of the vernacular as a medium for scholarly discourse.

Revue de presse

'... a major contribution to our understanding of the mental life of late Anglo-Saxon England'. The English Historical Review

'Every now and then a book is published which changes our frame of reference, Mechthild Gretsch's monograph ... is one of these; it is exciting to read, and it advances our understanding in ways that could not have been anticipated ...' Anglia

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521030528
ISBN 13 
9780521030526
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
484
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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