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And he owns the half of a windmill, for which he pays two silver shillings. De Villis, c. 45. Ibid. cc. 43, 49. From 'The Casuistry of Roman Meals, in The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, ed. D. Masson , VII, p. 13. Aelfric's Colloquium in op. cit. p. 95. The Monk of St Gall's Life in Early Lives of Charlemagne, pp. 87-8. Einhard's Life in op. cit., p. 45.
Nor does this fail in the narrative portions of the prose Saints' Lives and Homilies, especially Aelfric's, which we possess; in fact it is in these last distinctly remarkable as where Aelfric tells the tale of the monk who spied on St. Cuthbert's seaside devotions.
Various pieces of information about social life may be gleaned from the decrees of Church Councils, Old High German and Anglo-Saxon charms and poems, and Aelfric's Colloquium, extracts from which are translated in Bell's Eng. Hist. J.E.W. Wallis . For a general sketch of the period see Lavisse Hist. de France, t.
Sedgefield's translation of the Consolations of Boethius distinguishes the original matter by Alfred from the translation. Read especially the Colloquies, 177-186. What was Bede's principal work? Why has Alfred been called the "father of English prose"? What were his ideals? Mention his chief works and their object. What is the character of AElfric's work?
"God hath wrought many miracles, and He performs them every day, but these miracles have become much less important in the sight of men because they are very common... Spiritual miracles are greater than the physical ones." To modern readers the most interesting of Aelfric's writings is his Colloquium, designed to teach Latin in the monastery at Winchester.
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