Ælfric Abbot of Eynesham

Standard Name: Ælfric,, Abbot of Eynesham
Used Form: AElfric, Abbot of Eynesham

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Dedications Elizabeth Elstob
EE published in a handsome volume, by subscription and dedicated to Queen Anne , a specimen translation from the homilies (or sermons) of Ælfric : An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Publishing Elizabeth Elstob
EE visited Oxford, collecting subscriptions for her projected edition of Ælfric 's complete homilies.
Perry, Ruth, and George Ballard. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain, Wayne State University Press, 1985, pp. 12-48.
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Textual Production Elizabeth Elstob
Its full title is An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory , Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. It...
Textual Production Elizabeth Elstob
The full title is Some Testimonies of Learned Men, in Favour of the Intended Edition of the Saxon Homilies, concerning the learning of the author of those homilies; and the advantages to be hoped for...
Textual Production Elizabeth Elstob
A fragment reached print of EE 's complete Ælfric edition and translation, The English Saxon Homilies of Ælfric : Arch-Bishop of Canterbury (the title is given from the proposals):
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Textual Production Elizabeth Elstob
In 1709 (the same year that she published her version of Ælfric , An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory) EE began work on a project of female history.
Perry, Ruth, and George Ballard. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain, Wayne State University Press, 1985, pp. 12-48.
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994: Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of...

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994

Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of Theodulf of Orleans, which advocated the co-education of girls and boys at the elementary level.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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Texts

Ælfric, Abbot of Eynesham. An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory. Translator Elstob, Elizabeth, W. Bowyer, 1709.