Old English Lives of Saints, Volume I by Aelfric

Old English Lives of Saints, Volume I

Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

Aelfric with Mary Clayton (Translator), Juliet Mullins (Translator)

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nonfiction history religion medium-paced
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Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints--including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops--fo...

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