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A Companion to Ãlfric
Series: - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume: 18
This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ãlfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key Ãlfric scholars working today and some important newer voices. Each of the chapters is a cutting-edge piece of work which addresses one aspect of Ãlfricâs works or career. The chapters are organised topically, rather than by chronology, genre or biography, and between them cover the entire Ãlfrician corpus and the major contextual issues; consideration of Ãlfricâs Latin writings is carefully integrated with that of his Old English works. Ãlfric studies are currently a central element of Anglo-Saxon studies, but while to date there has been a great deal of detailed work on some aspects of Ãlfric, this collection provides the first overview.
Contributors: Hugh Magennis, Joyce Hill, Christopher A. Jones, Mechthild Gretsch, M. R. Godden, Catherine Cubitt, Thomas N. Hall, Robert K. Upchurch, Mary Swan, Clare A. Lees, Gabriella Corona, Kathleen Davis, Jonathan Wilcox, Aaron J Kleist and Elaine Treharne.
Contributors: Hugh Magennis, Joyce Hill, Christopher A. Jones, Mechthild Gretsch, M. R. Godden, Catherine Cubitt, Thomas N. Hall, Robert K. Upchurch, Mary Swan, Clare A. Lees, Gabriella Corona, Kathleen Davis, Jonathan Wilcox, Aaron J Kleist and Elaine Treharne.
Hugh Magennis is Professor of Old English Literature at Queenâs University Belfast and Director of the Universityâs Institute of Theology. He has published widely on Old English and related literature, with particular reference to hagiography and Old English poetry.
Mary Swan is Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies in the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. She has published on late Anglo-Saxon prose texts and their transmission through to the early thirteenth century.
Mary Swan is Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies in the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. She has published on late Anglo-Saxon prose texts and their transmission through to the early thirteenth century.
"On the rear cover of the present work, the publishers claim, 'This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ãlfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England', and in every particular the claim is justified. This is a work that should be in the library of every university where Old English is on the curriculum, and it will be on the wish-list of every scholar and postgraduate student of Old English." - Paul Cavill, in: English Studies, 91:7 (2010), 790-791 [DOI: 10.1080/0013838X.2010.517060]
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction, Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
1. Ãlfric Scholarship, Hugh Magennis
2. Ãlfric: His Life and Works, Joyce Hill
3. Ãlfric and the Limits of âBenedictine Reformâ, Christopher A. Jones
4. Ãlfric, Language and Winchester, Mechthild Gretsch
5. Ãlfric and the Alfredian Precedents, Malcolm R. Godden
6. Ãlfricâs Lay Patrons, Catherine Cubitt
7. Ãlfric as Pedagogue, Thomas N. Hall
8. Catechetic Homiletics: Ãlfricâs Preaching and Teaching During Lent, Robert K. Upchurch
9. Identity and Ideology in Ãlfricâs Prefaces, Mary Swan
10. In Ãlfricâs Words: Conversion, Vigilance and the Nation in Ãlfricâs Life of Gregory the Great, Clare A. Lees
11. Ãlfricâs Schemes and Tropes: Amplificatio and the Portrayal of Persecutors, Gabriella Corona
12. Boredom, Brevity and Last Things: Ãlfricâs Style and the Politics of Time, Kathleen Davis
13. The Use of Ãlfricâs Homilies: MSS Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 85 and 86 in the Field, Jonathan Wilcox
14. Assembling Ãlfric: Reconstructing the Rationale behind Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Compilations, Aaron J Kleist
15. Making their Presence Felt: Readers of Ãlfric, c. 1050-1350, Elaine Treharne
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction, Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
1. Ãlfric Scholarship, Hugh Magennis
2. Ãlfric: His Life and Works, Joyce Hill
3. Ãlfric and the Limits of âBenedictine Reformâ, Christopher A. Jones
4. Ãlfric, Language and Winchester, Mechthild Gretsch
5. Ãlfric and the Alfredian Precedents, Malcolm R. Godden
6. Ãlfricâs Lay Patrons, Catherine Cubitt
7. Ãlfric as Pedagogue, Thomas N. Hall
8. Catechetic Homiletics: Ãlfricâs Preaching and Teaching During Lent, Robert K. Upchurch
9. Identity and Ideology in Ãlfricâs Prefaces, Mary Swan
10. In Ãlfricâs Words: Conversion, Vigilance and the Nation in Ãlfricâs Life of Gregory the Great, Clare A. Lees
11. Ãlfricâs Schemes and Tropes: Amplificatio and the Portrayal of Persecutors, Gabriella Corona
12. Boredom, Brevity and Last Things: Ãlfricâs Style and the Politics of Time, Kathleen Davis
13. The Use of Ãlfricâs Homilies: MSS Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 85 and 86 in the Field, Jonathan Wilcox
14. Assembling Ãlfric: Reconstructing the Rationale behind Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Compilations, Aaron J Kleist
15. Making their Presence Felt: Readers of Ãlfric, c. 1050-1350, Elaine Treharne
Bibliography
Index
All those interested in the wide field of Anglo-Saxon studies, including literary studies, history, intellectual and church history, Old English and Anglo-Latin, and manuscript transmission.