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1. Introduction
2. Historical Situation: England in the 10th Century
2.1 The Way to Christianity
2.2 The Beginning of Monastic Life
2.3 Anglo-Saxon Society
2.4 The Venerable Bede
2.5 The Vikings
2.6 King Alfred
2.7 The Benedictine Reform
3. The Author: Ælfric of Eynsham
4. The Genre
4.1 The Importance of Saints
4.2 Saints’ Lives - a Typical Christian Genre
5. Linguistic Analysis
5.1 General observations
5.1.1 The Sources
5.1.2 Overall Structures of the Texts
5.1.3 Syntactic Structure
5.1.4 Alliterative Elements
5.1.5 Discourse
5.1.6 Forms of Address, Interjections
5.2 Passive Constructions
5.2.1 Passive Clauses: Two Definitions
5.2.2 General Considerations
5.2.3 The Use of Passive in Old English
5.2.4 Examples from the Texts
6. Conclusion
7. References
8. Appendix
8.1 Translation of the Life of St Edmund into Present-Day German
8.2 Translation of the Life of St Æthelthryth into Present-Day German
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- Michael Pieck (Author), 2009, Old English Prose: Passio and Vita, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/150971
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