Medievalists.net » Aldhelm http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39718 This dissertation investigates narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England. Specifically, it examines the ways in which the bodies of holy men and women were constructed through such narratives and read in local appropriations of emblematic vitae and passiones.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/narratives-of-the-saintly-body-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 The Myth of the Anglo-Saxon Oral Poet http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33804 There are at least two reasons why the search for the Anglo-Saxon oral poet is worth reopening. To begin with, current thinking about oral poetry and poetics in the Anglo-Saxon period has been indelibly stamped by the classic Parry/Lord thesis, well known in its evolution from the 1950s to more recent years,

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/feed/ 0 Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/virginity-and-the-married-virgin-saints-in-%c3%a6lfrics-lives-of-saints-the-translation-of-an-ideal/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/virginity-and-the-married-virgin-saints-in-%c3%a6lfrics-lives-of-saints-the-translation-of-an-ideal/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:54:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25222 Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal Smith, Liesl Ruth Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy,Graduate Department of Medieval Studies,University of Toronto (2000) Abstract Among the narratives included in his Lives of Saints, Ælfric of Eynsham translates three passiones of married-virgin saints: Passio Sancti Iuliani et Sponse Eius Basilisse, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/virginity-and-the-married-virgin-saints-in-%c3%a6lfrics-lives-of-saints-the-translation-of-an-ideal/feed/ 0 The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:30:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24238 The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede Ruff, Carin (John Carroll University) Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 104:2 (2005) Abstract The Anglo-Saxons are well known for having been pioneers in teaching Latin as a foreign language and in developing materials for elementary Latin instruction to supplement the grammars they […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/feed/ 0 Seventh-Century Ireland as a Study Abroad Destination http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/23/seventh-century-ireland-as-a-study-abroad-destination/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/23/seventh-century-ireland-as-a-study-abroad-destination/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:29:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14258 Seventh-Century Ireland as a Study Abroad Destination Ireland, Colin (Beaver College, Dublin, Ireland) F r o n t i e r s : The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, Vol. 5 (1999) Abstract As a modern-day International Educator you might easily believe that you are involved in a pioneering endeavor. Would it surprise you to […]

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