Title: The intellectual foundations of the English Benedictine reform
First published: 1999
Description: "This book explores the foundations of the intellectual renaissance in tenth-century England, which is marked by the Benedictine reform and the establishment of the most influential school in late Anglo-Saxon England by Aethelwold, bishop of Winchester (963-84). The vital early stages of Aethelwold's scholarly career are traced for the first time, particularly his formative years in King Aethelstan's (924-39) entourage and his period of study, together with the new Benedictines, at Glastonbury. After assessing a wide range of evidence from the fields of philology, history, liturgy, textual criticism, palaeography and art history, Mechthild Gretsch definitively assigns to Aethelwold and his circle two influential texts: an interlinear translation of the psalter and a vast corpus of Old English glosses to Aldhelm's prose De uirginitate. These glosses are shown to have played a pivotal role in the development of English as a medium for scholarly discourse. New light is also shed on the contribution which King Aethelstan's cosmopolitan court culture made to intellectual and spiritual life in late Anglo-Saxon England."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons, Benedictines, Benedictines - England - Winchester - History - To 1500, Bible, Bible., O.T., Psalms - Interlinear translations, English, Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, England, English Interlinear translations, English language, History, Intellectual life, Interlinear translations, English, Lexicography, Manuscripts, English (Old), Old English, ca. 450-1100, Royal Psalter, Winchester, Liturgy, Texts, Psalters, Christian literature, English (Old), Catholic Church
Places: England, Winchester
People: Aethelwold Saint, Bishop of Winchester (ca. 908-984), Aldhelm Saint (640?-709), Athelstan King of England (895-939), Saint, 640?-709., De laudibus virginitatis Aldhelm, Saint, Bishop of Winchester, ca. 908-984 Aethelwold
Time periods: Old English, ca. 450-1100, To 1066, To 1500
LC classification: PE273 .G74 1999