(Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, v. 25). 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. xii + 471pp. Good gilt hardcover. Spine a bit cocked. Fore-edge foxed. Unmarked and firm.

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Title

The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reforms

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521581559

ISBN 13

9780521581554

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in late-tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by �thelwold, Bishop of Winchester, of his influential school. The early stages of �thelwold's scholarly career are explored and new light is shed on the role which King �thelstan's cosmopolitan court played. Two widely influential Old English texts are definitively attributed to �thelwold and his circle, which attest to the importance that the reformers attached to the vernacular.

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"Gretsch shows that two other glosses can be attributed to Aethelwold and his circle: a continuous interlinear version of the Psalter preserved in London and a corpus of interlinearand marginal glosses to Aldhelm's De Virginitate preserved in Brussels." Theology Digest

"This fine and painstaking study of �thelwold's literary and lexical production is an excellent example of the precept that God is in the details...this study significantly advances the scholarship of late Anglo-Saxon England and serves as a fitting tribute to the rigorous scholarhsip of a teacher such as �thelwold." Journal of Religion

"...richly detailed and densely argued...a study strong and clear in the unfolding of its specifics...Gretsch has illuminated the late-tenth-century cultural milieu by her careful research into its bilingual relations. She has herself constructed a foundation for new directions in the field." Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies

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