Two Ælfric Texts: "The Twelve Abuses" and "The Vices and Virtues"

Text with facing translation of two important Old English texts. The texts edited in this volume are Ælfric's vernacular versions of two highly influential early medieval ethical treatises. The first, De duodecim abusiuis , is his Old English version of a seventh-century Hiberno-Latin tract dealing with the twelve abuses of the world. The second, De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis , is a composite text; it combines a treatment of the eight vices and the complementary eight virtues, also foun