From the Vulgate to the Vernacular: Four Debates on an English Question c.1400: 7 (British Writers of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period)

Solopova, Elizabeth (Editor) / Catto, Jeremy (Editor) / Hudson, Anne (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1851245634 / ISBN 13: 9781851245635

Published by Bodleian Library, 2021

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216 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.10 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Vulgate to the Vernacular: Four Debates on an English Question c.1400: 7 (British Writers of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period)
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851245634
• ISBN 13: 9781851245635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.74 kilograms

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Synopsis

The use of the vernacular language for scriptural citation, a central issue for the followers of John Wyclif, aroused considerable academic interest, especially in Oxford. The matter was in some sense decided in 1409, when archiepiscopal legislation was passed to restrict the making and possession of new translations of the Bible. The four texts that are presented here derive from the academic debate which immediately preceded this decision. The Latin texts by William Butler and Thomas Palmer are wholly hostile to the idea of translation; the conclusions of another, by Richard Ullerston, run in the other direction. An anonymous English text draws on Ullerstons while adapting and augmenting it. Together, these texts preserve the most detailed discussions of translation and the theory of language that survive from late medieval England. This volume provides editions and modern translations of these four texts, together with a substantial introduction explaining their context and the implications of their arguments.--

About the Author

Elizabeth Solopova is a research fellow in the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford and the William Golding Research Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. She is the author of several books, including Key Concepts in Medieval Literature.