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Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection Dr. J.E. Cross

Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection By Dr. J.E. Cross

Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection by Dr. J.E. Cross


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First edition of important but problematic Anglo-Saxon text, with much to say about how later Anglo-Saxon writers used earlier materials.

Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection Summary

Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection by Dr. J.E. Cross

First edition of important but problematic Anglo-Saxon text, with much to say about how later Anglo-Saxon writers used earlier materials. This volume presents the first edited version of the canon collection associated with two of the key literary figures of the late Anglo-Saxon period: AElfric, abbot of Eynsham [d. after 1006], and Wulfstan, bishop ofWorcester and archbishop of York [d. 1023]. Although of considerable importance, its textual problems (how many items comprise the collection? When, and by whom, was it composed?) have made proper critical study difficult. This edition aims to answer the need; the texts of the two recensions are edited with full critical apparatus of the five known manuscripts, a detailed study of sources, facing English translation, and an introductory essay on the text and its background. Dr ANDREW HAMER teaches at the University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

Authorship - the case of Ecgberht and Hucarius; the two recensions; the extent of the Collection; Aelfric's Letters and the Collection; the Collection and other aides to Wulfstan; sources; manuscripts; texts and translations - Recension A, Recension B.

Additional information

NPB9780859915342
9780859915342
0859915344
Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection by Dr. J.E. Cross
New
Hardback
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
1999-08-05
193
N/A
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