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Auteur(s) : Dyson, Gerald P.. Éditeur scientifique
Titre(s) : Priests and their books in late Anglo-Saxon England [Texte imprimé] / Gerald P. Dyson
Publication : Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X, 286 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Anglo-Saxon studies ; 34
Lien à la collection : Anglo-Saxon studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-276) and index. - Bibliogr. p. 240-276, index
Priests were ubiquitous figures in the Anglo-Saxon world: they acted as educators,
agents of royal authority, scribes, and dealers in real estate. But what set priests
apart from the society in which they lived was the authority to provide pastoral care
and their ability to use the written word. Early medieval bishops saw books as indispensable
to a priest's duties and episcopal legislation frequently provided lists of books
that priests were to have: tools of the trade for the secular clergy. These books
are not only an exceedingly valuable window into pastoral care, but also a barometer
for the changes taking place in the English church of the tenth and eleventh centuries.
This first full-length study of Anglo-Saxon priests' books examines a wide array of
evidence, including booklists, music, liturgy, narrative, and, crucially, the surviving
manuscripts. The volume opens with a consideration of the context of a priest's life
and work, moving on to investigate the issues of clerical literacy and the availability
of books to priests, uncovering avenues for priestly education and elucidating the
role that the secular clergy played in channels of manuscript production and distribution.
The second part analyses the documentary and manuscript evidence for certain classes
of priests' books, challenging existing thought and arguing that two poorly understood
manuscripts are in fact books for priests
Sujet(s) : Prêtres -- Livres et lecture -- Moyen âge
Grande-Bretagne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1783273666 (Br.). - ISBN 9781783273669
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45741461r
Notice n° :
FRBNF45741461
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