Latinity and Identity in Anglo-Saxon Literature (Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series)

For the Anglo-Saxons, Latin was a language of choice that revealed a multitude of beliefs and desires about themselves as subjects, believers, scholars, and artists. In this groundbreaking collection, ten leading scholars explore the intersections between identity and Latin language and literature in Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the works of the Venerable Bede and St Boniface in the eighth century to Osbern's account of eleventh-century Canterbury, 'Latinity and Identity in Anglo-Saxon Literature' offers new insights into the Anglo-Saxons' ideas about literary form, monasticism, language, and national identity. Latin prose, poetry, and musical styles are reconsidered, as is the relationship between Latin and Old English. Monastic identity, intertwined as it was with the learning of Latin and reformation of the self, is also an important theme. By offering fresh perspectives on texts both famous and neglected, 'Latinity and Identity' will transform readers' views of Anglo-Latin literature. Boniface's epistolary prose style : the letters to the English / Michael W. Herren, York University -- Interpretatio monastica : Biblical commentary and the forging of monastic identity in the early Middle Ages / Scott DeGregorio, University of Michigan, Dearborn -- Æthilwulf poetica / Emily V. Thornbury, University of California, Berkeley -- The Old English matyrology and Anglo-Saxon glosses / Christine Rauer, University of St Andrews -- Sequences and intellectual identity at Winchester / Jonathan Davis-Secord, University of New Mexico -- Saint who? Building monastic identity through computistical inquiry in Byrhtferth's Vita S. Ecgwini / Rebecca Stephenson, University College, Dublin -- Hebrew words and English identity in educational texts of Ælfric and Byrhtferth / Damian Fleming, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Boniface's Epistolary Prose Style: The Letters to the English -- Interpretatio Monastica: Biblical Commentary and the Forging of Monastic Identity in the Early Middle Ages -- Æthilwulf poeta -- The Old English Martyrology and Anglo-Saxon Glosses -- Sequences and Intellectual Identity at Winchester -- Saint Who? Building Monastic Identity through Computistical Inquiry in Byrhtferth's Vita S. Ecgwini -- Hebrew Words and English Identity in Educational Texts of Ælfric and Byrhtferth