Old English homilies

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Old English homilies are religious sermons written in the Old English language that explain Christian doctrine and moral teachings to early medieval English audiences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
Old English literature ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
aim to make Christian teaching accessible in the vernacular ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
didacticCharacter didactic ⓘ
floruitCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
function catechesis ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
preaching ⓘ
genre homily ⓘ
influencedBy Latin patristic writings ⓘ
liturgical calendars ⓘ
the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
intendedAudience early medieval English Christians ⓘ
laypeople ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
moralTone exhortatory ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
purpose edification of lay audiences ⓘ
explain Christian doctrine ⓘ
teach moral conduct ⓘ
relatedTo Latin homiletic traditions ⓘ
Old English biblical translations ⓘ
Old English saints’ lives ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
rhetoricalFeatures biblical quotation ⓘ
direct address to the audience ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
studiedIn Old English philology ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
timePeriod Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

early Middle Ages ⓘ
topic Christian doctrine ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
liturgical feasts ⓘ
moral exhortation ⓘ
saints’ lives ⓘ
usedIn liturgical settings ⓘ
private devotion ⓘ
writtenIn manuscript form ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Ælfric of Eynsham → knownFor → Old English homilies ⓘ
Ælfric of Eynsham → knownFor → Lives of saints in Old English ⓘ
linked to: Old English homilies
Preface to Genesis → relatedWork → Ælfric’s homilies ⓘ
linked to: Old English homilies
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Pastoral Care (Old English translation) ⓘ
linked to: Old English homilies
Parker Library → holdsWork → Old English homilies ⓘ
Second Series of Catholic Homilies → partOf → Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies ⓘ
linked to: Old English homilies
Wulfstan of York → knownFor → Old English homilies ⓘ
Homiletic Fragment I → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxon homiletic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Old English homilies