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Aelfric Abbot of Eynsham.

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English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)

Born ca. 950
Died 1021

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  • Cover of: The Book of Ratramn: The Priest and Monk of Corbey, Commonly Called Bertram, on the body and blood of the Lord: to which is added an appendix, containing the Saxon homily of Ælfric
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    Cover of edition TheBookOfRatramn Cover of edition MN5145ucmf_6 Cover of edition BookOfRatramn First published in 1541 — 34 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's Lives of saints: being a set of sermons on saints' days formerly observed in the English church
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    Cover of edition aelfricslivesofs02aelfuoft Cover of edition aelfricslivesofs00aelfuoft Cover of edition aelfricslivessa00gunngoog First published in 1881 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's Colloquy.: Edited by G.N. Garmonsway.

    First published in 1939 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The Homilies Of The Anglo-Saxon Church: The First Part, Containing The Sermones Catholici, Or Homilies Of Ælfric, Volume 1
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    Cover of edition HomiliesOfTheAngloSaxonChurchV1 Cover of edition homiliesofanglos02aelfuoft Cover of edition homiliesanglosa02thorgoog Cover of edition homiliesanglosa03thorgoog First published in 1844 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's Catholic homilies: introduction, commentary and glossary
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    First published in 1979 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church. the First Part, Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Ælfric; Volume 1

    First published in 2018 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfrics Grammatik und Glossar
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    Cover of edition aelfricsgrammati00aelfuoft Cover of edition grammatikundglossar00aelfuoft First published in 1880 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Homilies of Aelfric: a supplementary collection, being twenty-one full homilies of his middle and later career for the most part not previously edited, with some shorter pieces, mainly passages added to the second and third series

    First published in 1967 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of three English saints

    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's De temporibus anni

    First published in 1942 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A testimonie of antiqvitie: shewing the auncient fayth in the Church of England touching the sacrament of the body and bloude of the Lord here publikely preached, and also receaued in the Saxons tyme, aboue 600. yeares agoe.

    First published in 1566 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected homilies of Aelfric
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    Cover of edition selectedhomilies00aelfrich First published in 1885 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sermones Catholici, or, Homilies of Aelfric: In Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version ...

    First published in 2018 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfrics Grammatik und Glossar

    First published in 1880 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected homilies.: Edited by Henry Sweet.
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    First published in 1885 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sermones catholici, or, Homilies of Aelfric: in original Anglo-Saxon, with an English version ...
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    First published in 1844 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Divers ancient monvments in the Saxon tongve: written seven hundred yeares agoe. Shewing that both in the Old and New Testament, the Lords Prayer, and the Creede, were then used in the mother tongue: and also, what opinion was then held of the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ.

    First published in 1638 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Fifty-six Ælfric fragments: the newly-found Copenhagen fragments of Ælfric's Catholic homilies with facsimiles
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    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's first series of Catholic homilies: British Museum, Royal 7 C. XII, fols. 4-218. Edited by Norman Eliason and Peter Clemoes.

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Aelfric's Lives of saints: being a set of sermons on saints' days formerly observed by the English church
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    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)

Born ca. 950
Died 1021

Subjects

English language, Sermons, English (Old), Early works to 1800, Christian literature, English (Old), Sermons, Texts, Lord's Supper, Catholic Church, Christian saints, Bible, Biography, Church history, Saints, Grammar, Medieval Sermons, Readers, Sermons, Medieval, History, Sermons, Anglo-Saxon, Chrestomathies and readers, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Criticism, interpretation, English literature, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Places

England, Great Britain, Italy, Northumbria (Kingdom), Sicily, United States, Winchester

People

Aelfric Abbot of Eynsham, Gregory I Pope (ca. 540-604), Basil Saint, Bishop of Caesarea (ca. 329-379), Agatha Saint (d. ca. 250), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Cuthbert Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne (ca. 635-687), Edmund King of East Anglia (841-870), Jacques Boileau (1635-1716), Oswald King of Northumbria (604-642), Ratramnus monk of Corbie (d. ca. 868), Swithun Saint, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), Swithun Saint, Bp. of Winchester (d. 862), Wulfsige Bp. of Sherborne (fl.993-1001), Wulfstan Archbishop of York (d. 1023)

Time

Old English, ca. 450-1100, 449-1066, Middle Ages, 600-1500, Old English, approximately 450-1100, Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066, Early church, ca. 30-600, Middle Ages, 500-1500, To 1500

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