Title: The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the school of Archbishop Theodore
First published: 1995
Description: The 'Laterculus Malalianus', a historical exegesis of the life of Christ, appears to be the only complete text to survive from the hand of Archbishop Theodore at Canterbury. Its language, style and intellectual frame of reference are thus of great importance for establishing the nature and scope of teaching at Canterbury, the first school of Anglo-Saxon England.

The principal lesson of the 'Laterculus' is that though the medium of the Canterbury education was Latin, the content was almost entirely Greek, drawing particularly on the methods of the school of Antioch. It presents a translation of and commentary on the 'Laterculus', and in the introduction Jane Stevenson examines the intellectual milieu of the work, argues the case for attribution to Theodore, and suggests the need for a complete rethinking of the basis of Anglo-Saxon culture.
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons, Church history, Education, History, Laterculus Malalianus, Monasticism and religious orders, St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England), Monasticism and religious orders, great britain, Monasticism and religious orders, middle ages, 600-1500
Places: Canterbury, England
People: Theodore of Canterbury, Saint (602-690)
Time periods: 449-1066, Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: BR749 .S74 1995