The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform.

The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform.

This book explores the intellectual foundations of the Benedictine reform in tenth-century England. It examines the importance of the vernacular at Bishop Æthelwold's influential Winchester school. Æthelwold's early career is also examined, showing the influence King Æthelstan's court...

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Main Author: Gretsch, Mechthild
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 25.
Subjects:
To 1066
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Lexicography.
Manuscripts, English (Old) > England > Winchester.
Anglo-Saxons > England > Winchester.
Anglo-Saxons
English language > Old English > Lexicography
Intellectual life
Manuscripts, English (Old)
England > Intellectual life > To 1066.
England
England > Winchester
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Summary:This book explores the intellectual foundations of the Benedictine reform in tenth-century England. It examines the importance of the vernacular at Bishop Æthelwold's influential Winchester school. Æthelwold's early career is also examined, showing the influence King Æthelstan's court had on intellectual and spiritual thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource (485 pages)
ISBN:9780511053924
0511053924
0511149468
9780511149467
1280161728
9781280161728
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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