Aelfric's Lives of Saints V1

Aelfric's Lives of Saints V1 is a book edited by Walter W. Skeat. The book is a collection of hagiographies, or biographies of saints, written by Aelfric, an Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer who lived in the 10th century. This first volume of the collection includes the lives of six saints: St. Swithun, St. �����thelthryth, St. Guthlac, St. Edmund, St. Dunstan, and St. Oswald. The book is written in Old English, with a modern English translation provided by Skeat. The introduction to the book provides historical and literary context for Aelfric's writings, as well as information about the manuscript sources used to create this edition. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of Anglo-Saxon literature and history, as well as for anyone interested in the lives of early Christian saints.1881. This volume contains Part I and II of IV. Aelfric was an Anglo-Saxon monk and a prolific writer of religious literature. This work includes Aelfric's liturgical homilies and is a set of sermons on Saints' Days formerly observed by the English Church. They were edited from Manuscript Julius E. VII in the Cottonian collection, with various readings from other manuscripts. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Volume 2 ISBN 0766190137.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 564
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9781162634135

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