 | The Politics of Language: Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform Subjects: Aethelwold Saint Bishop of Winchester approximately 908–984 -- Language; Byrhtferth approximately 970 -- Language; Benedictines -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500; Languages in contact -- England -- Winchester -- History -- To 1500; Litera; Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. Stephenson Rebecca : Rebecca Stephenson is a Lecturer in Old and Middle English at University College Dublin. |
