A Companion to Alfred the Great
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
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Description
Eleven major scholars of the Anglo-Saxon period consider Alfred the Great, his cultural milieu, and his achievements. With revised or revived views of the Alfredian revival, the contributors help set the agenda for future work on a most challenging period. The collection features the methods of history, art history, and literature in a newer key and with an interdisciplinary view on a period that offers less evidence than inference. Major themes linking the essays include authorship, translation practice and theory, patristic influence, Continental connections, and advances in textual criticism. The Alfredian moment has always surprised scholars because of its intellectual reach and its ambition. The contributors to this collection describe how we must now understand that ambition.
Call number in WMU's library
DA153 .C66 2015
ISBN
978-9004274846
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Brill
City
Leiden
Disciplines
Medieval Studies
Citation for published book
Discenza, Szarmach, Discenza, Nicole Guenther, and Szarmach, Paul E. A Companion to Alfred the Great / Edited by Nicole Guenther Discenza and Paul E. Szarmach. 2015. Print. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition ; v. 58.
Recommended Citation
Discenza, Nicole G. and Szarmach, Paul, "A Companion to Alfred the Great" (2015). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 685.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/685