The Old English Canons of Theodore

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

The Canons are one of the earliest handbooks of penance to appear in any West European vernacular. The material shows the Anglo-Saxons addressing matters ranging from baptism and the ordination of priests to the conduct of the married and sexual norms. Less a translation of the judgements attributed to Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690), than an adaptation of these materials, the work is of major importance for specialists in Old English and historians of medieval Europe generally, affording an early view of what pastoral care in early England may have looked like which is more authentic than the Latin texts on which they are based.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-25
Mått:148 x 221 x 20 mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early English Text Society Supplementary Series
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199668182
Utmärkelser:Winner of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists Publication Prize 2013 for "Best Edition of an Anglo-Saxon (or Anglo-Latin) Text, Any Medium."

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Stefan Jurasinski is Associate Professor of English at the State University of New York at Brockport. His publishedwork has focused on aspects of Anglo-Saxon legal history and on the literature of the early and late Middle Ages.He is at work currently on a book-length study of the Old English penitentials and a collaborative edition (with LisiOliver) of the laws of Alfred and Ine for the Early English Laws Project.R.D. Fulk is Class of 1964 Chancellor's Professor of English at Indiana University. His research centres onGermanic and Celtic languages and literatures of the Middle Ages (with special emphasis on Old English and OldNorse studies), and on comparative Indo-European linguistics, with particular attention to the history of the Englishlanguage.

Recensioner i media

The scholarly value of this edition lies in the accompanying commentary, which brings the penitential practices of Anglo- Saxon England into a broader medieval European context. Scholars focusing on continental Europe who might otherwise overlook this volume will nevertheless find it a valuable resource. The subject matter of the text and extensive glossary also make the edition an excellent candidate for translation in the classroom.