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The Medieval Church · c. 971
The Blickling Homilies
Anonymous
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What it is
Nineteen anonymous sermons, more apocalyptic and more willing to use legendary material than Ælfric would allow, including a vision of hell close to one in Beowulf.
Why it lasted
Evidence of the popular vernacular preaching Ælfric was trying to correct, and valuable precisely for being less careful.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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