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The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict AEthelwold

The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict By AEthelwold

The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict by AEthelwold

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The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English Texts by AEthelwold

Awarded 2019 Best Edition or Translation of an Anglo-Saxon (or Anglo-Latin) Text by the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists

St. AEthelwold (904/9 -984), abbot of Abingdon and bishop of Winchester, made the first translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict into English (or, indeed, into any vernacular language) as part of the tenth-century English Benedictine Reform. This movement dramatically affected the trajectory of religious life in early medieval England and influenced the ways in which secular power was conceived and wielded in the kingdom. AEthelwold's translation into Old English reworks Benedict's Latin text through numerous silent additions, omissions, and instances of explanatory material, revealing an Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical and political reformer intent on making this foundational Latin text more readily accessible to the new monks and nuns of the Reform and to the laity. Presented with related texts composed in Old English, this volume makes AEthelwold's transformation of Benedict's Rule available in Modern English translation for the first time.

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This terrific book will be a boon both to scholars of the history of Benedictine monasticism and to those who seek to explore the spirituality of St. AEthelwold and his reform. The scholarly apparatus will facilitate deep study of the Old English Rule as well as its affinity with the Latin Rule. The translation, while eloquent, is faithful to AEthelwold's own language and to his intentions for the education of monastics.Julie Ann Smith, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Sydney
Dr. Riyeff's book performs a valuable service for all who are interested in the medieval reception of Benedict's Rule. Most usefully, Riyeff's fluent translation of the often difficult Old English version of the Rule encloses in angled brackets all of the more substantial additions and alterations that the tenth-century translator, Bishop AEthelwold of Winchester, made to the Latin original. Such marking, combined with Riyeff's lucid commentary, allows readers to appreciate at a glance the many differences, often small but telling, that make AEthelwold's version worth study in its own right.Christopher A. Jones, Ohio State University
The vast corpus of Old English literature captures a fascinating cultural exchange as Latin learning was translated into a Germanic vernacular. For too long, this material has been largely unread outside of linguistic or English departments, and scholars of religious history have been unaware of its contents. Jacob Riyeff's new translation of The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict is part of a new wave of scholarship bringing these treasures to a wider audience. In this work, Riyeff makes accessible a seminal text of the Benedictine Reform translated by its foremost intellect, St. AEthelwold of Winchester. Appendices gather together further Old English witnesses to the context and influence of this text. Riyeff's commendable translation is well introduced and annotated, drawing on the best recent scholarship from both Benedictine studies and Old English. No student of the Anglo-Saxon church should be without this book.Derek Olsen, author of Reading Matthew with Monks: Liturgical Interpretation in Anglo-Saxon England
A useful companion not only for anyone examining the Old English Rule of Saint Benedict but also for scholars of its author Bishop AEthelwold and monastic reform generally.Speculum
In the body of this translation, Riyeff has to handle multiple layers of text, and he has done so in a way that doesn't overwhelm the reader or clutter up the page. His translation hews as close to Aethelwold's Old English as modern English allows. A nicely crafted addition to the Cistercian Studies series.American Benedictine Review
We are to be grateful to Riyeff for his work in bringing new life to AEthelwold's translation and for offering modern readers insight into a monastic world different and yet so much the same as ours.
Cistercian Studies Quarterly

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Abbreviations of Authors and Works Cited
Maps
Introduction
The Rule of Saint Benedict as Translated by Saint AEthelwold of Winchester
Appendix 1: I. Concerning the Kinds of Monks (BL MS. Cotton Faustina A. x)
Appendix 2: LXII. Concerning the Monastery's Priests and Their Servants (BL MS. Cotton Faustina A. x)
Appendix 3: King Edgar's Establishment of Monasteries
Appendix 4: AElfric's Homily On Saint Benedict, Abbot
Bibliography
Scriptural Index

Additional information

NLS9780879072643
9780879072643
0879072644
The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English Texts by AEthelwold
AEthelwold
Cistercian Studies
New
Paperback
Liturgical Press
2017-12-12
204
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