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Authors: J.E. E. Cross (Editor), Andrew Hamer
ISBN-13: 9780859915342, ISBN-10: 0859915344
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Date Published: August 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: J.E. Cross

Book Synopsis

First edition of important but problematic Anglo-Saxon text, with much to say about how later Anglo-Saxon writers used earlier materials.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of abbreviations (including sigla of manuscripts of the Collection)
Introduction
1Authorship: the case of Ecgberht and Hucarius3
2The two recensions6
3The extent of the Collection13
4AElfric's Letters and the Collection17
5The Collection and other aides to Wulfstan23
6Sources29
7Manuscripts39
Editorial procedure65
Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection: Recension A66
Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection: Recension B114
Bibliography173
Index179

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