Aelfric (c.955-1020)

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.

Bibliographies

L.M. Reinsma, Ælfric: An Annotated Bibliography. London & New York, 1987.

Primary Sources

	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]
	Ælfric's homilies on the Old Testament books of Judith, Esther, and the Maccabees.
	Norman Eliason, ed. Aelfric's First Series of Catholic Homilies. Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1966. Pbk. ISBN: 0801804442.
	G.N. Garmonsway, ed. Colloquy, rev. ed. University of Exeter Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0859890988. pp.66.
	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.
	Heinrich Henel, ed. De Temporibus Anni. Early English Text Society, original series 213. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1942. pp. lviii + 106
	Christopher A. Jones, ed. AElfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0521630118. pp.266.
	M. Lapidge & M. Winterbottom, Life of Ethelwold. Oxford Medieval Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
	C. Pope, ed. Homilies of Ælfric: A Supplementary Collection. Early English Text Society, Vol. 1. 1967. Hbk. ISBN: 0197222617.
	C. Pope, ed. Homilies of Ælfric: A Supplementary Collection. Early English Text Society, Vol. 2. 1968. Hbk. ISBN: 0197222625.
	W. Skeat, ed. Ælfric's Lives of the Saints. Early English Text Society, 2 Vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hbk. ISBN: 0197220762.
	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.
	J. Wilcox, ed. Aelfric's Prefaces. Durham: Durham Medieval Texts, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 0950598976.

Secondary Sources

	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.
	Milton McC. Gatch, Preaching and Theology in Anglo-Saxon England: Ælfric and Wulfstan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977. Hbk. ISBN: 0802053475. pp.281.
	S. Harvey Gem, An Anglo-Saxon Abbot: Ælfric of Eynsham - a study. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1912. pp.200.
	Lynne Grundy, Books and Grace: Ælfric's Theology. London: Kings College Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0951308556. pp.209.
	James Hurt, Ælfric. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972. pp.152.
	Audrey L. Meaney, "Aelfric and Idolatry," Journal of Religious History 13.2 (1984): 119-135.
	Caroline Louisa White, Ælfric: A New Study of His Life and Writings. Yale Studies in English, 2. Boston: Lamson, Wolff & Company, 1898. pp.218. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	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.
	Some Thoughts on the Life and Work of Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham (David Young) pdf

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