'Deor and nytenu mid us': animals in the works of Ǽelfric

This dissertation examines the use of animals in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints and Catholic Homilies, outlining the transmission process of various sources of animal knowledge available to and used by Ælfric. The contexts in which Ælfric uses animals, which sources he uses in these passages and how he deviates from his source material (if at all) combine to illustrate how Anglo-Saxon authors could weave classical, biblical, early Christian and local knowledge together and incorporate the different traditions in their own work.

Grantor dc:publisher

University College Cork

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Nijhuis, Letty Jantje

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Okasha, Elisabeth

• Anglo-Saxon literature
• Animals in literature

Statement dc:rights

• © 2008, Letty Jantje Nijhuis

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1520

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cora.ucc.ie:10468/1520