The Old English Canons of Theodore
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Early English Text Society Supplementary Series
ISBN-10
0199668183
ISBN-13
9780199668182
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 25th, 2012
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
320 grams
Dimensions
14.40 x 22.50 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalMedieval historyChurch history
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The Old English Canons of Theodore is one of the earliest handbooks of penance to appear in any West European vernacular. This edition situates the texts within the context of early penitential practice and social history, and provides a full bibliography and extensive commentary.
The Canons are one of the earliest handbooks of penance to appear in any West European vernacular. The material shows the Anglo-Saxons addressing matters ranging from baptism and the ordination of priests to the conduct of the married and sexual norms. Less a translation of the judgements attributed to Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690), than an adaptation of these materials, the work is of major importance for specialists in Old English and historians of medieval Europe generally, affording an early view of what pastoral care in early England may have looked like which is more authentic than the Latin texts on which they are based.
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