This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of AElfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key AElfric scholars working today and some important newer voices. Each of the chapters is a cutting-edge piece of work which addresses one aspect of AElfric's works or career. The chapters are organised topically, rather than by chronology, genre or biography, and between them cover the entire AElfrician corpus and the major contextual issues;...
This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of AElfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religio...