Abstract
Ælfric, one of the most prominent literary figures of the 10th century Benedictine Reform, is the author of the first grammar in English. His work in language education (for Latin) includes the grammar, a glossary, and the Colloquy on the Occupations. His production of an Old English homiliary, the Catholic Homilies, belongs to the period 990–995, that of an English Lives of Saints was no later than 998, and he became the first Abbot of Eynsham, near Oxford, in 1005.
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