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.
ISBN: | 9781032544809 |
Publication date: | 10th August 2023 |
Author: | Henry Sweet |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 370 pages |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: The Anglo-Saxon World |
Genres: |
General and world history History and Archaeology Social and cultural history Archaeology by period / region Religion: general Christianity History of religion European history |