The Anglo-Saxon monk Aelfric (955-ca. 1012) was a scholar and writer. His works, especially his collections of sermons, are stylistically the most accomplished in Old English. They were designed to ex...
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In the prefaces to Catholic Homilies, series 1 (circa 989), Ælfric explains that his purpose is to provide for his unlearned audience an accurate presentation of Christian doctrine in the vernac...
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Aelfric
Aelfric
