Title Striving with grace : views of free will in Anglo-Saxon England / Aaron J. Kleist.

Descript 1 online resource (xv, 418 pages) Series Toronto Old English series ; 20 Toronto Old English series ; 20. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-399) and index. Contents 1. A doctrine defined : the influence of Augustine -- 2. Cooperating with grace : Gregory the Great, apostle to the English -- 3. Meriting grace : The Venerable Bede -- Alfred the Great and the Old English Boethius -- 5. Lantfred of Winchester and the Carmen de libero arbitrio -- 6. Wulstan the Homilist and De adiutorio Dei et libero arbitrio -- 7. ©їlfric of Eynsham and the Sermones catholici -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : Patristic texts in Paul the Deacon and Smaragdus -- Appendix II : Bede's Homiliae -- Editions and parallels to In Lucae -- Appendix III : Primary texts. Summary "The question of whether or not our decisions and efforts make a difference in an uncertain and uncontrollable world had enormous significance for writers in Anglo-Saxon England. Striving with Grace looks at seven authors, who wrote in either Latin or Old English, and the ways in which they sought to resolve this fundamental question"--Provided by publisher. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. England -- Church history -- 449-1066. Grace (Theology) Religious thought -- England -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England -- History and criticism. English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism. Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Free will and determinism -- Early works to 1800. Grace (Theology) -- Early works to 1800. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Anthropology. HISTORY -- Medieval. Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00933977 Free will and determinism. (OCoLC)fst00933968 Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) (OCoLC)fst00859309 English literature -- Old English. (OCoLC)fst01710962 Grace (Theology) (OCoLC)fst00945759 Religious thought -- Middle Ages. (OCoLC)fst01711133 England. (OCoLC)fst01219920 449-1500 ISBN 9781442689237 (electronic book) 1442689234 (electronic book) 9781442691322 (e-book) 1442691328 9780802091635 (acid-free paper) 0802091636 (acid-free paper)