Sermons and Saints
Paul E. Szarmach
Despite political pressures that threatened cultural development, vernacular religious prose writers in later Anglo-Saxon England demonstrated a creative and dynamic response to the world they faced. Ælfric of Eynsham, Wulfstan York, anonymous tradition Vercelli Homilies Blickling crafted style was clear morally persuasive. Working from Latin firmly established, saw its special resources. The influence continued nearly century beyond their immediate milieu.