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Old English lives of saints

Aelfric ; edited and translated by Mary Clayton and Juliet Mullins

"Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints--including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops--for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent t...

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Main Author: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham (Author)
Other Authors: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Lives of saints., Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Lives of saints. English (Clayton and Mullins), Clayton, Mary, 1954- (Editor, Translator), Mullins, Juliet (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Old English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Series:Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 58-60
Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 58-60
Subjects:
Christian literature, English (Old)
Christian saints > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Christian women saints > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Devotional literature, English > Early works to 1800.
Physical Description:3 volumes ; 21 cm.
ISBN(s):0674241290 : volume 2
067424172X : volume 3
067442509X : volume 1
9780674241299 : volume 2
9780674241725 : volume 3
9780674425095 : volume 1
Language note:Text in Old English with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
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LL 002 AEL 103 volume 1 Borrowable : Available
LL 002 AEL 104 volume 2 Borrowable : Available
LL 002 AEL 105 volume 3 Borrowable : Available

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