King Alfred's Old English Translation of Pope Gregory the Greats Regula Pastoralis and It'Scultural Context : A Study and Partial Edition according - Softcover

Pope Gregory I; Carolin Schreiber

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9780820460505: King Alfred's Old English Translation of Pope Gregory the Greats Regula Pastoralis and It'Scultural Context : A Study and Partial Edition according

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ISBN 10: 0820460508 ISBN 13: 9780820460505

Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2003

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King Alfred the Great (871–99) translated Pope Gregory the Great’s Regula pastoralis as part of his programme for the revival of learning in Viking-age England. Three of the surviving six pre-Conquest manuscripts are edited for the first time in substantial parts in this volume; the edition is accompanied by a comprehensive commentary. The introduction presents a survey of the reception and transmission of the Latin and Old English texts and examines the relationship of the Old English manuscripts. Special attention is paid to the linguistic status of Early West Saxon, which is discussed in the light of its historical and political context. A tenth-century revision of the Early West Saxon text in two of the surviving manuscripts is examined in the final chapter.

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The Author: Carolin Schreiber studied English and Romance philology at the University of Munich. She was an Assistant Lecturer in the Departments of English at the University of Munich from 1997 to 2000 and at the University of G�ttingen from 2000 to 2002, where she taught linguistics and medieval English literature.

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