An Anglo-Saxon Abbot

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Excerpt from An Anglo-Saxon Abbot: Ælfric of Eynsham Though many manuals appear in the present day on the subject of Church History, the readers of them are not so numerous as could be desired. One cause of this seems to be that books used by beginners often crowd too many centuries into a short compass. For the general reader, the study in detail of one or two periods would better convey the great interest of a subject far too wide to be grasped as a whole. Moreover, quotations of some length from original authorities are needed to afford a vivid and lifelike realisation of the scenes of the past. Among the works which exemplify this assertion, that old-fashioned book, Milner's Church History, abounds in well-chosen quotations, and therefore is well worth reading still. Of more recent writings, Maitland's History of the Reformation may be mentioned as containing similar valuable extracts. A fund of original information is now available in the "Rolls Series." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.