This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in late-tenth-century England, including both the English Benedictine reform and the establishment by Æ thelwold, Bishop of Winchester, of his influential school. The early stages of Æ thelwold's scholarly career are explored and new light is shed on the role which King Æ thelstan's cosmopolitan court played. Two widely influential Old English texts are definitively attributed to Æ thelwold and his circle, which attest to the importance that the reformers attached to the vernacular.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Psalters and psalter glosses in Anglo-Saxon England; 3. The vocabulary of the Royal Psalter; 4. The Royal Psalter and the Rule: lexical and stylistic links; 5. The Aldhelm glosses; 6. Word usage in the Royal Psalter, the Rule and the Aldhelm glosses; 7. Æthelwold and the Old English Rule; 8.Æthelwold and the Royal Psalter; 9. Æthelwold and the Aldhelm glosses; 10. French and German loan influence; 11. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.
