Anglo-Saxon prognostics [[electronic resource] ] : 900-1100 : study and texts / / by László Sándor Chardonnens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452982503321
• Autore: Chardonnens László Sándor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-92634-5; 9786611926342; 90-474-2042-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Collana: Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 153
• Disciplina: 829/.080382032
• Soggetti: Prophecies; Forecasting; English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary material / L.S. Chardonnens -- Introduction / L.S. Chardonnens -- Chapter One. Prognostics defined / L.S. Chardonnens -- Chapter Two. The manuscript context / L.S. Chardonnens -- Chapter Three. Language, date and place of origin of english manuscripts containing prognostics / L.S. Chardonnens -- Chapter Four. Superstition and prognostication / L.S. Chardonnens -- Chapter Five. Intended Use Of Prognostic texts / L.S. Chardonnens -- Conclusion / L.S. Chardonnens -- Text edition / L.S. Chardonnens -- Appendix One. Handlist of prognostics in english manuscripts of the ninth to twelfth centuries / L.S. Chardonnens -- Appendix Two. Reference list / L.S. Chardonnens -- Appendix Three. Concordance to anglo-saxon prognostics / L.S. Chardonnens -- Appendix Four. Values, dates, composition / L.S. Chardonnens -- Bibliography / L.S. Chardonnens -- Index of names / L.S. Chardonnens -- Index of subjects / L.S. Chardonnens.
• Sommario/riassunto: Recent scholarship on the Anglo-Saxon prognostics has tried to place these texts within the realm of folklore and medicine, inspired largely ; by studies and editions from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By analysing prognostic material in its manuscript context, this book offers a novel approach to the status and purpose of prognostic texts in the early Middle Ages with particular attention to the Anglo-Saxon tradition. From this perspective, it emerges that prognostication in Anglo-Saxon England was not folkloric but a scholarly pursuit by monks not primarily interested in the medical aspects of prognostication. In addition, this book offers, for the first time, a comprehensive edition of prognostics in Old English and Latin from Anglo-Saxon and early post-Conquest manuscripts. Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History , volume 3