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This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ælfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key Ælfric scholars working today and some important newer voices. Each of the chapters is a cutting-edge piece of work which addresses one aspect of Ælfric’s works or career. The chapters are organised topically, rather than by chronology, genre or biography, and between them cover the entire Ælfrician corpus and the major contextual issues; consideration of Ælfric’s Latin writings is carefully integrated with that of his Old English works. Ælfric 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 Ælfric, 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.

Christian literature, English (Old) --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (vieil anglais) --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Aelfric, --- History and criticism. --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (vieil anglais) --- Aelfric --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham

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As distinct from the many recent collections and studies of medieval literature and culture that have focused on gender and sexuality as their major themes, this collection considers and serves to re-think and re-situate religion and sexuality together. Including 'traditional' works such as Chaucer and the Pearl-poet, as well as less well known and studied texts - such as alchemical texts and the Wohunge group - the contributors here focus on the meeting point of these two often-examined concepts. They seek an understanding of where sex and religion distinguish themselves from one another, and where they do not. This volume locates the Divine and the Erotic within the continuum of experience and devotion that characterize the paradox of the medieval world. Not merely original in their approaches, these authors seek a new vision of how these two inter-connected themes, - sexuality and the Divine - meet, connect, distinguish themselves, and merge within medieval life, language, and literature.

Religious studies --- Old English literature --- Christianity and literature --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- English literature --- God in literature --- Holy, The, in literature --- Religion in literature --- Sex in literature --- Sex --- 241.64 --- 241.64 Theologische ethiek: seksuele ethiek --- Theologische ethiek: seksuele ethiek --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Religion in drama --- Religion in poetry --- History --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Religion in literature. --- History and criticism. --- LITTERATURE ANGLAISE --- RELIGION DANS LA LITTERATURE --- SEXE --- LITTERATURE CHRETIENNE ANGLAISE --- CHRISTIANISME ET LITTERATURE --- CIVILISATION MEDIEVALE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- SACRE (LE) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- DIEU DANS LA LITTERATURE --- SEXUALITE --- 1100-1500 (MOYEN-ANGLAIS) --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- ASPECT RELIGIEUX --- CHRISTIANISME --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- JUSQUE 1500 --- DANS LA LITTERATURE