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A fresh approach to the works and manuscripts of this influential monk, whose writings sunthesised some of the finest minds of the period.

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While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern scholarship on historic methods of prayer particularly concerning Anglo-Saxon spirituality. In Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England. Clark's analysis of the works of Bede, Ælfric, and Alfred utilizes anthropologic and economic theories of exchange in order to reveal the ritualized, gift-giving relationship with God that Anglo-Saxon prayer espoused. Anglo-Saxon prayer therefore should be considered not merely within the usual context of contemplation, rumination, and meditation but also within the context of gift exchange, offering, and sacrifice. Compelling God allows us to see how practices of prayer were at the centre of social connections through which Anglo-Saxons conceptualized a sense of their own personal and communal identity.

English literature --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Prayer --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- History. --- Bede, --- Alfred, --- Aelfric, --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Aelfred, --- Alfred the Great, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede,

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Rhetoric, Medieval. --- Christian literature, English (Old) --- Sermons, Medieval --- English language --- Sermons, English (Old) --- Anglo-Saxon sermons --- English sermons, Old --- Old English sermons --- Sermons, Anglo-Saxon --- Sermons, Old English --- English prose literature --- Germanic languages --- Anglo-Saxon Christian literature --- Christian literature, Anglo-Saxon --- Christian literature, Old English --- English Christian literature, Old --- Old English Christian literature --- English literature --- Criticism, Textual. --- Grammar, Generative. --- Syntax. --- Aelfric, --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Language. --- Medieval sermons

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Preaching --- Eschatology --- Christian literature, English (Old) --- Sermons, Medieval --- History --- History of doctrines --- History and criticism --- Aelfric, --- Wulfstan, --- England --- Church history --- 27 <420> "05/09" --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Engeland--?"05/09" --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- History and criticism. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilization --- Lupus, --- Wulfstan --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Preaching - England - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Eschatology - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Christian literature, English (Old) - History and criticism --- Sermons, Medieval - England - History and criticism --- Aelfric, - Abbot of Eynsham --- Wulfstan, - Archbishop of York, - -1023 --- England - Church history - 449-1066

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Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric also composed a Latin 'letter' to his fellow monks at Eynsham (Oxfordshire) containing a detailed outline of their daily and seasonal round of prayer and other duties. The document offers a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks in Anglo-Saxon England were expected to know and do. This 1999 book contains an edition of the Latin letters a textual commentary, and a complete English translation of the work. Dr Jones also provides substantial introductory chapters which establish the exceptional importance of the Eynsham letter for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy. The book will interest students of early medieval culture, monasticism and Church history.

Monastic and religious life --- Latin letters, Medieval and modern --- Abbots --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Monastic life --- Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Spiritual life --- Vows --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Saxons --- Superiors, Religious --- History --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- Civilization --- Aelfric, --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Letter writing, Latin --- 271.1 <420 EYNSHAM> --- 271.1 <420 EYNSHAM> Benedictijnen--Engeland--EYNSHAM --- Benedictijnen--Engeland--EYNSHAM --- Correspondence --- History and criticism --- Translations into English --- Correspondence. --- Latin letter writing --- Translations into English. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature