{"product_id":"toronto-anglo-saxon-series-byrhtferth-aelfric-and-the-multilingual-identity-of-the-benedictine-reform-paperback","title":"The Politics of Language: Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld English literature thrived in late tenth-century England. Its success was the result of a concerted effort by the leaders of the Benedictine Reform movement to encourage both widespread literacy and a simple literary style. The manuscripts written in this era are the source for the majority of the Old English literature that survives today, including literary classics such as \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet the same monks who copied and compiled these important Old English texts themselves wrote in a rarified Latin, full of esoteric vocabulary and convoluted syntax and almost incomprehensible even to the well-educated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and  lfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. By examining developments in Old English and Anglo-Latin side by side, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Language\u003c\/em\u003e opens up a valuable new perspective on the Benedictine Reform and literacy in the late Anglo-Saxon period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Stephenson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lecturer in Old and Middle English at University College Dublin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118840516743,"sku":"9781487547479","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b49b91c8c5ddd283c4a0d987b786bd46.webp?v=1732536756","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/toronto-anglo-saxon-series-byrhtferth-aelfric-and-the-multilingual-identity-of-the-benedictine-reform-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}