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This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester (963-84), of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England. The vital early stages of Æthelwold's scholarly career are explored for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Æthelstan's entourage and his period of study at Glastonbury. Light is shed on the contribution which Æthelstan's cosmopolitan court made to intellectual and spiritual life. Based on a wide range of evidence Dr Gretsch assigns to Æthelwold two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De virginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of the vernacular as a medium for scholarly discourse.

English language --- Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Anglo-Saxons --- Lexicography --- Aethelwold, --- Aldhelm, --- Athelstan, --- Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. --- Benedictines --- History --- Bible. --- Royal Psalter --- Interlinear translations, English --- England --- Intellectual life --- 271.1 <420> --- -Manuscripts, English (Old) --- -Anglo-Saxons --- -Saxons --- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts --- English manuscripts, Old --- Manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon --- Manuscripts, Old English --- Old English manuscripts --- Germanic languages --- 271.1 <420> Benedictijnen--Engeland --- Benedictijnen--Engeland --- Aethelwold Saint, Bishop of Winchester --- Aldhelm Saint --- Athelstan King of England --- Bibliotheque royale Albert Ier --- -Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I --- Belgium. --- Royal Library Albert I --- BR --- KB --- Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Belgium) --- Bibliothèque royale de Belgique --- Bencések --- Benedettini --- Bénédictins --- Beneditinos --- Benedyktyni --- O.S.B. --- Ordem de São Bento --- Order of Saint Benedict --- Ordine di San Benedetto --- Ordo Sancti Benedicti --- OSB --- Saint Benedict, Order of --- -England --- -Intellectual life --- -271.1 <420> --- -Anglo-Saxon manuscripts --- -English language --- Anglais (Langue) --- Manuscrits anglais (vieil anglais) --- Lexicography. --- Lexicographie --- Histoire --- Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier --- Interlinear translations, English. --- Angleterre --- Vie intellectuelle --- Saxons --- Aethelstan, --- Ethelstan, --- Adelwold, --- Ethelwold, --- Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. --- Royal Psalter. --- Regius-Psalter --- Biblos Psalmon (Book of the Old Testament) --- Buch der Preisungen (Book of the Old Testament) --- Liber Psalmorum (Book of the Old Testament) --- Mazāmīr (Book of the Old Testament) --- Preisungen (Book of the Old Testament) --- Psalmen (Book of the Old Testament) --- Psalmoi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Psalms (Book of the Old Testament) --- Psalms of David (Book of the Old Testament) --- Psaumes (Book of the Old Testament) --- Pseaumes de Dauid (Book of the Old Testament) --- Salmenes bok (Book of the Old Testament) --- Salmos (Book of the Old Testament) --- Shihen (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Mazāmīr (Book of the Old Testament) --- Soltar (Book of the Old Testament) --- Tehilim (Book of the Old Testament) --- Tehillim (Book of the Old Testament) --- תהלים (Book of the Old Testament) --- Zsoltárkönyv (Book of the Old Testament) --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Lexicography --- Manuscripts, English (Old) - England - Winchester --- Anglo-Saxons - England - Winchester --- Aethelwold, - Saint, Bishop of Winchester, - approximately 908-984 --- Aldhelm, - Saint, - 640?-709. - De laudibus virginitatis --- Athelstan, - King of England, - 895-939 --- England - Intellectual life - to 1066 --- Christian literature, English (Old). --- Intellectual life. --- Benedictines. --- Bibliotheque royale Albert Ier.