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- Flourished:
- c. 955βc. 1025, probably Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Eng.
- Flourished:
- c.955 - 1025
- Subjects Of Study:
- Latin language
- grammar
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Aelfric
Anglo-Saxon scholar
Also known as: Aelfric the Grammarian, Grammaticus
Aelfric (flourished c. 955βc. 1025, probably Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Eng.) was an Anglo-Saxon prose writer, considered the greatest of his time. He wrote both to instruct the monks and to spread the learning of the 10th-century monastic revival. His Catholic Homilies, written in 990β992, provided orthodox sermons, based on the Church Fathers. Known as Grammaticus due to his authorship of a Latin grammar, he also wrote Lives of the Saints, Heptateuch (a vernacular language version of the first seven books of the Bible), as well as letters and various treatises.
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