The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform - Couverture rigide

Gretsch, Mechthild

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521581559 ISBN 13 : 9780521581554

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book explores intellectual foundations of the Benedictine reform in tenth-century England.

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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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521581559
• ISBN 13: 9780521581554
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 484
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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