Eetss 25: Old English Canons Theodore C

by Robert D. Fulk and Stefan Jurasinski

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668183
• ISBN13: 9780199668182
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"