How Long to Read La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey

How Long Does it Take to Read La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey by Jane Bliss

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The twelfth-century Anglo-Norman verse Life of King Edward the Confessor is presented here in modern English for the first time, and with a full introduction and notes. Its author, an anonymous Nun of Barking Abbey, offers a many-faceted and absorbing portrait of the celebrated king and saint, together with legendary material found in no other version of this hagiographic narrative. There is also a wealth of detail about Edward's times as well as about the twelfth-century context in which the Nun was writing, making the poem of great interest to historians as well as to literary scholars. This is among the earliest texts in French known to be by a woman, and so will also be of great value to scholars investigating medieval female authorship. Long neglected, perhaps because mistakenly thought to be a mere translation of Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita in Latin, it proves to be remarkably independent of its main source and raises questions about the freedom and originality of medieval 'tra...

How long is La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey?

La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey by Jane Bliss is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey aloud.

What Reading Level is La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey?

La Vie D'Edouard Le Confesseur, by a Nun of Barking Abbey is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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