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Synopsis
AELFRIC is the name of two prominent
prelates in the Anglo - Saxon Church, - one, Archbishop of Canterbury,
996-1006; time other, Archbishop ct York, 1023-1031, - but whether the learned
Benedictine AElfric (grammaticus) is identical with one of these
archbishops, or not, is a question as yet unsolved. As Alfred was the founder,
so AElfric was the model, of the Saxon prose. He wrote a Saxon grammar and
glossary; and he translated into Saxon a number of homilies, the Heptateuch,
etc. But of his personal life nothing is known but a few notices scattered
about in his works. In his honor the Aelfric Society was formed in London. in
1842, for the purpose of publishing his works and those of other Saxons. For
this society Benjamin Thorpe edited the homilies in 1844. The grammar and
glossary were printed at Oxford in 1639 and 1698.
Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious
Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical
Theology, 3rd edn. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls
Company, 1894.
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L.M. Reinsma, Ælfric: An Annotated Bibliography. London & New York,
1987. |
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The homilies of the Anglo-Saxon church [microform]: the first part containing the Sermones catholici, or Homilies of AElfric in the original Anglo-Saxon (1844) pdf [This material is in the Public Domain] |
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Ælfric's homilies on the Old Testament books of Judith, Esther, and the Maccabees. |
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Norman
Eliason, ed. Aelfric's First Series of Catholic Homilies. Early English
Manuscripts in Facsimile. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1966. Pbk. ISBN:
0801804442. |
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G.N. Garmonsway, ed. Colloquy, rev. ed. University of Exeter Press,
1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0859890988. pp.66. |
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 M. Godden, ed. Aelfric's Catholic
Homilies: Introduction, Commentary, and Glossary. Early English Text
Society Supplementary Series, No 18. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Hbk. ISBN: 0197224199. pp.186. |
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Heinrich
Henel, ed. De Temporibus Anni. Early English Text Society, original
series 213. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1942. pp. lviii + 106 |
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 Christopher A. Jones, ed. AElfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0521630118. pp.266. |
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M. Lapidge
& M. Winterbottom, Life of Ethelwold. Oxford Medieval Texts. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1991. |
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C.
Pope, ed. Homilies of Ælfric: A Supplementary Collection. Early
English Text Society, Vol. 1. 1967. Hbk. ISBN: 0197222617. |
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C.
Pope, ed. Homilies of Ælfric: A Supplementary Collection. Early
English Text Society, Vol. 2. 1968. Hbk. ISBN: 0197222625. |
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 W. Skeat, ed. Ælfric's Lives of the
Saints. Early English Text Society, 2 Vols. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1967. Hbk. ISBN: 0197220762. |
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Benjamen
Thorpe, ed. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, Containing the Homilies
of Ælfric, 2 Vols. New York: Johnson Reprint, 1844-6. a.k.a. Sermones Catholici, or, Homilies, in the original
Anglo-Saxon. |
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J.
Wilcox, ed. Aelfric's Prefaces. Durham: Durham Medieval Texts, 1994.
Pbk. ISBN: 0950598976. |
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Peter A.M.
Clemoes, "The Chronology of Ælfric's Works," P.A.M. Clemoes, ed. The
Anglo-Saxons: Studies in some Aspects of Their History and Culture presented to
Bruce Dickens. London: Bowes & Bowes, 1959. 212-47. |
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Milton
McC. Gatch, Preaching and Theology in Anglo-Saxon England: Ælfric and
Wulfstan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977. Hbk. ISBN:
0802053475. pp.281. |
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S. Harvey
Gem, An Anglo-Saxon Abbot: Ælfric of Eynsham - a study. Edinburgh:
T & T Clark, 1912. pp.200. |
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Lynne
Grundy, Books and Grace: Ælfric's Theology. London: Kings College
Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0951308556.
pp.209. |
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James Hurt, Ælfric. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972. pp.152. |
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Audrey L.
Meaney, "Aelfric and Idolatry," Journal of Religious History 13.2
(1984): 119-135. |
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C.L. White, Ælfric: A New Study of His Life and Writings. Yale Studies in
English, 2. 1898. |
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Michael
Winterbottom, ed., Three Lives of English Saints. Toronto: Pontifical
Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1972. Pbk. ISBN: 0888444508. pp.94. Covers Ælfric, Abbo of Fleury & Wulfstan of
Winchester. |
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Some Thoughts on the Life and Work of Ælfric,
Abbot of Eynsham (David Young) pdf |
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