The Chronology and Canon of Ælfric of Eynsham

A fresh approach to the works and manuscripts of this influential monk, whose writings synthesised some of the finest minds of the period. A thousand years and more ago, with Vikings ravaging the coastlines and the millennium drawing nigh, a monk named Ælfric embarked on studies that would make him the most erudite, prolific, and influential author writing in Englishbefore Chaucer. What drove Ælfric was no desire to leave his mark on history, however, but the belief that he held a treasure on wh