The book is written in two parts. The first part provides a comprehensive study of the history and the manuscript transmission of the enlarged version of the Latin Rule of Chrodegang and its Old English translation and an analysis of the language and style of the Old English text. The second part contains a complete Latin and Old English text edition of all extant manuscripts, fragments and extracts, together with a commentary. A modern English translation of the Old English text concludes the book.

The Author: Brigitte Langefeld studied English and German Literature and Language at the University of Munich, where after graduation she specialized in Old English. After an extended period of study and teaching in the UK she returned to Germany in 1994 and is now teaching at a grammar school in Bavaria.