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Throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, Latin and Old English were, to large extent, alternative literary languages. Latin Learning and English Lore is a collection of essays examining the complex co-existence of the two languages within the literary, historical, and cultural milieu of Anglo-Saxon England.
More than forty of the leading Anglo-Saxon scholars in the world today have contributed to this two-volume survey of the whole range of Anglo-Saxon Literature in honour of Michael Lapidge, one of the most productive, influential, and important figures of Anglo-Saxon studies in recent years. The contributors include a wide range of the Lapidge's former colleagues, students, and collaborators.
The essays in Latin Learning and English Lore cover material from the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon literary record in the late seventh century to the immediately post-Conquest period of the twelfth century. The volumes together provide an invaluable survey of the rich literature, history, and culture of the period as well as a selection of groundbreaking studies that offer a number of exciting possibilities for future research.
Volume One Contributors
George H. Brown ? David Dumville ? Michael Fox ? Roberta Frank ? R.D. Fulk ? Mary Garrison ? Helmut Gneuss ? Malcolm Godden ? Mechthild Gretsch ? Michael Herren ? Simon Keynes ? Leslie Lockett ? Andy Orchard ? Paul Remley ? Richard Sharpe ? Tom Shippey ? Patrick Sims-Williams ? Paul E. Szarmach ? Michael Winterbottom ? Charles D. Wright ? Neil Wright
Volume Two Contributors
Peter Baker ? Martha Bayless ? Robert E. Bjork ? Mary Clayton ? Antonette diPaolo Healey ? Thomas N. Hall ? Joyce Hill ? Nicholas Howe ? Peter Jackson ? Christopher A. Jones ? Patrizia Lendinara ? Roy Michael Liuzza ? Rosalind Love ? Richard Marsden ? Bruce Mitchell ? Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe ? Oliver Padel ? Fred C. Robinson ? Katharine Scarfe-Beckett ? D.G. Scragg ? Jane Stevenson
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reviewed Latin Learning and English Lore: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature for Michael Lapidge, Vol. 2 on August 12, 2013
Latin Learning and English Lore: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature for Michael Lapidge, Vol. 2
This book was not what I expected. I expected to read the medieval tales of the robbers with minimal discussion. Instead, the book was largely discussion with summaries and excerpts from the tales.
The discussion was very good. Keen identified several patterns in the tales and made a good central argument of literature reflecting class struggles. The introduction to the second edition changes the thesis by stating the intended audience was the upper-lower class and the lower-middle class rather than the previously believed lower class.
One of the most interesting observations was that the audiences glorified the robbers, rather than those who rose against the existing order and sought to use violence to bring about change. This observation led to a discussion that those who stood up on principle universally lost...their lives. Conversely, a large number of the robbers adapted to the system and succeeded...at least, that is how their epics ended. The moral for the audience was to give up ideals of a utopia and craft out your resistance by adapting to the system and using it to your advantage.
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