The writings of AElfric of Eynsham (c.950 c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990 5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page...
The writings of AElfric of Eynsham (c.950 c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century mon...
