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Old English literature --- Aelfric, --- Criticism and interpretation --- English language --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham - Criticism and interpretation --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham

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English language --- Dialogues, English (Old) --- Direct discourse in literature --- Narrative poetry, English --- Interpretation, Literary --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham. - Homilies

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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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English language --- Anglais (Langue) --- Syntax --- Grammar, Generative --- ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) --- Syntaxe --- Aelfric, --- Language --- Grammar --- Christian literature, English (Old) --- Sermons, Medieval --- Sermons, English (Old) --- Rhetoric, Medieval --- Criticism, Textual --- Ælfric, --- -English language --- -Sermons, English (Old) --- -Rhetoric, Medieval --- -Germanic languages --- Anglo-Saxon sermons --- English sermons, Old --- Old English sermons --- Sermons, Anglo-Saxon --- Sermons, Old English --- English prose literature --- Anglo-Saxon Christian literature --- Christian literature, Anglo-Saxon --- Christian literature, Old English --- English Christian literature, Old --- Old English Christian literature --- English literature --- AElfric Abbot of Eynsdam --- -Language --- Rhetoric, Medieval. --- Syntax. --- Grammar, Generative. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Language. --- -Criticism, Textual --- Germanic languages --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Grammar. --- Medieval sermons --- English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Syntax --- English language - Old English, ca 450-1100 - Grammar, Generative --- Christian literature, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual --- Sermons, Medieval - England - Criticism, Textual --- Sermons, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual --- Ælfric, - Abbot of Eynsham - Catholic homilies --- Ælfric, - Abbot of Eynsham - Language --- Ælfric, - Abbot of Eynsham

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The cult of saints was one of the most important aspects of life in the Middle Ages, and it often formed the nucleus of developing group identities in a town, a province or a country. The literature of Anglo-Saxon England is unique among contemporary European literatures in that it features a vast amount of saints' Lives in the vernacular. Of these Lives, Ælfric is the most important author, and his saints' Lives have never previously been explored in their contemporary setting. In this study, Gretsch analyses Ælfric's Lives of five important saints in the light of their cults in Anglo-Saxon England. This gives the reader fascinating glimpses of 'Ælfric at work': he adapts the cults and rewrites the received Latin hagiography of the five saints, with the result that each of their English Lives conveys a distinct message to the contemporary political elite and to a lay audience at large.

Christian hagiography --- Christian saints --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Saints chrétiens --- History --- Cult --- Histoire --- Culte --- Aelfric, --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Saints chrétiens --- Saints --- Canonization --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiography --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Aelfric --- To 1500 --- England --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Christian saints - Cult - England - History - To 1500 --- Anglo-Saxons --- Culte des saints --- Angleterre --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham