{"product_id":"aldhelm-9781843841999","title":"Aldhelm","description":"\u003cb\u003eTranslation with notes of Aldhelm's famous treatise on virginity, and his less well-known letters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAldhelm, born c.640 in Wessex, and becoming abbot of Malmesbury and later bishop of Sherborne, was the first English man of letters; up to 1100, his prose writings were the most widely read of any Latin literature produced in Anglo-Saxon England. His surviving prose works include a long treatise \u003ci\u003eDe virginitate\u003c\/i\u003e, and a number of letters; these in particular are an important source of knowledge concerning Anglo-Saxon England. The treatise, a lengthy exhortation on virtue addressed to nuns at Barking Abbey, is a fascinating series of \u003ci\u003eexempla\u003c\/i\u003e drawn from the prodigious range of Aldhelm's knowledge of patristic literature, and tailored to the expectations of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon female audience. Because of the extreme difficulty of his Latin, however, Aldhelm's prose works have rarely been read, and have never been adequately appreciated - which this translation seeks to remedy. It is accompanied with an introduction outlining Aldhelm's central importance to Anglo-Saxon literary culture; a critical biography which throws new light on what has previously been assumed about him; and an essay establishing an accurate canon and chronology of his writings.","brand":"Michael Lapidge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280734630139,"sku":"9781843841999","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843841999_a6543a91-80b7-4e16-899d-21a4f1e5a345.jpg?v=1772487505","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/aldhelm-9781843841999","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}