{"product_id":"the-politics-of-language-byrhtferth-aelfric-and-the-multilingual-identity-of-the-benedictine-reform-paperback-softback-9781487547479","title":"The Politics of Language; Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487547479","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eByrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebecca Stephenson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487547479\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld English literature thrived in late tenth-century England. Its success was the result of a concerted effort by the leaders of the Benedictine Reform movement to encourage both widespread literacy and a simple literary style. The manuscripts written in this era are the source for the majority of the Old English literature that survives today, including literary classics such as \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet the same monks who copied and compiled these important Old English texts themselves wrote in a rarified Latin, full of esoteric vocabulary and convoluted syntax and almost incomprehensible even to the well-educated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and \u0026amp;AElig;lfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. By examining developments in Old English and Anglo-Latin side by side, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Language\u003c\/em\u003e opens up a valuable new perspective on the Benedictine Reform and literacy in the late Anglo-Saxon period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Literary Context of the Monastic Reform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Pedagogy of Enchiridion: Layout and Languages\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Politics of English: Computus, Translation, and Monastic Self-Definition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Politics of \u0026amp;AElig;lfric’s Prefaces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Unraveling the Hermeneutic Style: \u0026amp;AElig;lfric’s Latin Epitomes and English Translations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676692017432,"sku":"9781487547479","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-language-byrhtferth-aelfric-and-the-multilingual-identity-of-the-benedictine-reform-paperback-softback-9781487547479","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}