Two Aelfric Texts

The texts edited in this volume are Ælfric's vernacular versions of two highly influential early medieval ethical treatises. The first <I>De duodecim abusiuis</I> is his Old English version of a seventh-century Hiberno-Latin tract dealing with the twelve abuses of the world and the second <I>De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis</I> is a composite text; it combines a treatment of the eight vices and the complementary eight virtues also found as the last part of Ælfric's <I>Lives of Saints</I> XVI with the twelve abuses. This new edition provides for the first time critical editions of both texts with a facing translation presented with full apparatus; it also includes an extensive discussion of the sources and how they are treated.