The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000
The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000
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Part I. The historical development of the divine office in England to c. 1000 – Towards a "new narrative" of the history of the divine office in Anglo-Saxon England – The divine office in the Latin West in the early Middle Ages – The divine office in England from the Augustinian mission to the first Viking invasions, 597-c.835 – The divine office in England from the first Viking age to the abbacy of Dunstan at Glastonbury, c.835-c.940 – The divine office and the tenth-century English Benedictine reform – Part II. Manuscript evidence for English office chant in the tenth century – A methodology for the study of Anglo-Saxon chant books for the office – Two witnesses to the chant of the secular office in England in the tenth century : Durham, Cathedral Library, A. IV. 19 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 41 – A fragment of a tenth-century English Benedictine "breviary" : London, British Library, Royal 17., C. XVII, fols. 2-3 and 163-6 – A fragment of a tenth-century English Benedictine chant book : Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. D. 894, fols. 62-3 – Conclusion : ways of making a Benedictine office
