King Alfred''s West-Saxon Version of Gregory''s Pastoral Care - With an English Translation, Latin Text, Notes, an Introduction

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred's lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for fixing the grammatical peculiarities of the West-Saxon dialect of the ninth century.

List of contents

1. Cotton MSS 2. English Translation 3. Hatton MS 4. Notes

About the author

Dr. Henry Sweet

Summary

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred’s lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for fixing the grammatical peculiarities of the West-Saxon dialect of the ninth century.

Product details

• Authors: . Henry Sweet
• Assisted by: . Henry Sweet (Editor), Dr. Henry Sweet (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032544809
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254480-9
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Anglo-Saxon World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Christianity, General & world history, History of Religion, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Church history, History and Archaeology