Medievalists specializing in various elements of Anglo-Saxon literature, language, culture, or religion were commissioned to prepare essays relating to the work, life, and times of the Abbot of
Eynsham in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. Volumes in the series generally summarize the current state of research on the topic at hand, but here the essays break new ground, building
on the current scholarship to offer new insights. Among the topics are the limits of Benedictine reform, �lfric's lay patrons, his preaching and teaching during Lent, amplification and the
portrayal of persecutors, his style and the politics of time, reconstructing the rationale behind compilations in the 11th and 12th centuries, and �lfric's readers 1050-1350. Annotation 穢2009
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