The Old English Catholic Homilies, 9780674304598
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Lost sermons unearthed: England’s spiritual inheritance, translated and revealed.
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Summary

Echoes of Faith: The Old English Catholic Homilies of Ælfric

A contemporary edition and translation of one of the great monuments of Old English literary and religious culture.

The homilies of the monk Ælfric, written in the last decade of the tenth century, offer some of the most important prose writing in Old English. They convey contemporary Christian doctrine shaped during a period of monastic reform. Taken together, the homilies offer a distillation of …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780674304598
ISBN-10:0674304594
Author:Aelfric, Professor of English Roy M. Liuzza
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Imprint:Harvard University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:912
Release Date:1 June 2026
Weight:0g
Series:Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
About The Author

Aelfric

Roy M. Liuzza is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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