Æthelwold's life and his political and ecclesiastical importance in the 10th-century reformation receive thorough scholarly scrutiny in this appraisal of his life and work. The studies include a comparison of Æthelwold's career with that of other European monastic reformers; a study of Æthelwold's foundation at Abingdon; and of his involvement with the political crises of the 10th century. Æthelwold's skills as a scholar are assessed through surviving Latin and Old Englist texts, and as a teacher from the writings of his pupils. The scholarly work of his foundations is highlighted by a detailed study of the text of the Benedictional of St Æthelwold; other essays look at the music and sculpture performed and produced at Æthelwold's foundations.Contributors: PATRICK WORMALD, ALAN THACKER, BARBARA YORKE, MICHAEL LAPIDGE, ANDREW PRESCOTT, MARY BERRY, ELIZABETH COATSWORTH
Details
First Published: 15 May 1997
13 Digit ISBN: 9780851157054
Pages: 233
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Paperback
Imprint: Boydell Press
Subject:
Medieval HistoryBIC Class: HBLC1
Details updated on 07 Feb 2012
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Aethelwold and his Continental Counterparts: Contract, Comparison, Contrast
- 3 Aethelwold and Abingdon
- 4 Aethelwold and the Politics of the Tenth Century
- 5 Aethelwold as Scholar and Teacher
- 6 The Text of the Benedictional of St Aethelwold
- 7 What the Saxon Monks Sang: Music in Winchester in the late Tenth Century
- 8 Late Pre-Conquest Sculptures with the Crucifixion South of the Humber
