Ælfric’s Grammar

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Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ælfrician corpus 1
Ælfric’s Glossary 1
Ælfric’s Grammar canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin grammar ⓘ
Old English prose work ⓘ
medieval grammatical treatise ⓘ
vernacular grammar ⓘ
aboutLanguage Latin ⓘ
approximateDate early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
associatedWith Benedictine Reform movement in England ⓘ
linked to: Benedictine Reform
author Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
circulation monastic schools in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
didacticGenre schoolbook ⓘ
educationalAudience Anglo-Saxon students ⓘ
educationalLevel elementary Latin instruction ⓘ
field medieval education ⓘ
philology ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre grammar ⓘ
hasVernacularCommentaryOn Donatus-style Latin grammar tradition ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of using a vernacular language to explain Latin grammar ⓘ
influenced later medieval Latin teaching in England ⓘ
intendedUse school textbook ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
medium manuscript ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe ⓘ
explaining Latin grammar using Old English ⓘ
originalLanguageOfExamples Latin ⓘ
originalLanguageOfExplanations Old English ⓘ
originallyComposedIn England ⓘ
partOf Ælfric’s educational writings ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric’s Grammar
purpose to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
relatedWork Ælfric’s Colloquy ⓘ
Ælfric’s Glossary ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
subjectArea Latin language instruction ⓘ
medieval linguistics ⓘ
teaches Latin morphology ⓘ
Latin syntax ⓘ
teachingMethod explanation of Latin terms in Old English ⓘ
use of examples to illustrate grammatical rules ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
usesVernacular Old English ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ælfric of Eynsham → notableWork → Ælfric’s Grammar ⓘ
Ælfric of Eynsham → notableWork → Ælfric’s Glossary ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric’s Grammar → partOf → Ælfric’s educational writings ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric’s Grammar
Preface to Genesis → associatedWith → Ælfrician corpus ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric’s Grammar