The writings of Ælfric of Eynsham (c.950–c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990–5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page translations by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2–1870). A well-respected scholar with a strong interest in promoting the study of Old English, Thorpe produced an important edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Rolls Series (also reissued in this series). The volumes of the present work contain sermons that illuminate important calendrical events as well as doctrine and church history.

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Product details
- Date Published: August 2013
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108061124
- length: 1272 pages
- dimensions: 224 x 145 x 76 mm
- weight: 1.6kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. On the beginning of creation
2. On the nativity of Our Lord
3. The passion of the Blessed Stephen protomartyr
4. The assumption of St John the Apostle
5. The nativity of the Innocents
6. The octaves and circumcision of Our Lord
7. The epiphany of Our Lord
8. The third Sunday after the Lord's epiphany
9. On the purification of St Mary
10. Shrove Tuesday
11. The first Sunday in Lent
12. Midlent Sunday
13. The annunciation of St Mary
14. For Palm Sunday
15. Easter Sunday
16. The first Sunday after Easter
17. The second Sunday after Easter
18. On the greater litany
19. On the Lord's prayer
20. Of the Catholic faith
21. On the Lord's ascension
22. On the holy day of Pentecost
23. The second Sunday after Pentecost
24. The fourth Sunday after Pentecost
25. The nativity of St John the Baptist
26. The passion of the apostles Peter and Paul
27. The nativity of St Paul the apostle
28. The eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
29. The passion of the blessed martyr Lawrence
30. On the assumption of the blessed Mary
31. The passion of St Bartholomew the apostle
32. The decollation of St John the Baptist
33. The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
34. Dedication of the church of St Michael the Archangel
35. The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
36. The nativity of All Saints
37. The nativity of St Clement the martyr
38. The nativity of St Andrew the apostle
39. The first Sunday in the Lord's advent
40. The second Sunday in the Lord's advent
Notes. Volume 2: Preface
1. The nativity of the Lord
2. The nativity of St Stephen protomartyr
3. Sermon on the Lord's epiphany
4. The second Sunday after the Lord's epiphany
5. Septuagesima Sunday
6. Sexagesima Sunday
7. The first Sunday in Lent
8. The second Sunday in Lent
9. St Gregory the Great
10. The deposition of St Cuthberht
11. St Benedict, abbot
12. Midlent Sunday
13. The fifth Sunday in Lent
14. Palm Sunday
15. A sermon on the sacrifice on Easter-day
16. Another sermon on Easter-day
17. Wednesday in Easter week
18. The apostles Philip and James
19. The invention of the holy cross
20. The saints Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus
21. Monday
22. On the greater litany
23. Another vision
24. A hortatory sermon on the efficacy of holy mass
25. On the greater litany
26. The third Sunday after Pentecost
27. Another narrative on the text of the gospel
28. On the festival of St Peter the apostle
29. The fifth Sunday after Pentecost
30. The ninth Sunday after Pentecost
31. The nativity of St James the apostle
32. The seven holy sleepers
33. The twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
34. The assumption of the holy virgin Mary
35. The first Sunday in September
36. The sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
37. The nativity of St Matthew
38. The passion of the holy apostles Simon and Jude
39. The deposition of St Martin
40. On the nativity of one apostle
41. On the nativity of several apostles
42. On the nativity of holy martyrs
43. On the nativity of one confessor
44. On the nativity of holy virgins
45. On the dedication of a church.
Author
Ælfric Abbot of Eynsham
Editor and Translator
Benjamin Thorpe