Thank you for writing, Jordan. I was impressed by your article and the enthusiastic response your comments on the past have generated. I have just two old books, one John Lingard's The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church (1810), the other a 1623 printing of Matthew Parker's 1566-67 A Testimonie of Antiquity, believed to be the first printed book using Anglo-Saxon letter forms. I am a medievalist by training and focused most of my published work on Old English (c. 700-1100). Most people in the discipline are interested in Old English poetry (especially Beowulf). But Anglo-Saxon got started as a discipline because Archbishop Parker and his assistants believed that they had found, in Old English books, precedents for Reformation theology (they were wrong, but they did save old books from destruction). I wrote about this controversy many years ago in a book called Desire for Origins: Old English, New Language, and Teaching the Tradition (1990). I retired in 2011, so all this seems like ancient history to me in two senses!
Hello there Allen, you post some great content, I just wanted to comment and introduce myself.
I’ve been here a month, and I write about history, drawn from old books, and discussed in a philosophic way.
I collect historic books you see, I have 22 in my collection up to now (1707-1822).
This article discusses some of the most interesting claims from the 18th century, I thought you’d enjoy it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jordannuttall/p/a-look-into-the-18th-century?r=4f55i2&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for writing, Jordan. I was impressed by your article and the enthusiastic response your comments on the past have generated. I have just two old books, one John Lingard's The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church (1810), the other a 1623 printing of Matthew Parker's 1566-67 A Testimonie of Antiquity, believed to be the first printed book using Anglo-Saxon letter forms. I am a medievalist by training and focused most of my published work on Old English (c. 700-1100). Most people in the discipline are interested in Old English poetry (especially Beowulf). But Anglo-Saxon got started as a discipline because Archbishop Parker and his assistants believed that they had found, in Old English books, precedents for Reformation theology (they were wrong, but they did save old books from destruction). I wrote about this controversy many years ago in a book called Desire for Origins: Old English, New Language, and Teaching the Tradition (1990). I retired in 2011, so all this seems like ancient history to me in two senses!
Wow, thank you for sharing that with me Allen, and thank you for the compliments on my work.
I’ll have to check your book out, I’m glad you enjoy my writings friend.