Life of St Aethelwold

Zusatztext Professor Lapidge is a superb tracer of sources and influence. His notes to this edition will be invaluable. Michael Winterbottom has edited the text and provided a neat translation. Zusammenfassung The Life of St AEthelwold is one of the most important and interesting sources for the history of Anglo-Saxon England and for the religious movements of western Europe in the tenth century. It was written around the year 1000 by Wulfstan of Winchester, who had been a student of AEthelwold; the Life, therefore, provides a firsthand account of the activities of the man who was the central force in the Benedictine reform movement of the later tenth century. It also reveals the nature of AEthelwold's education and contacts with continental monasticism, and shows why Winchester became a focal point of late Anglo-Saxon culture.The present book, by two well-known authorities in the field of Anglo-Latin literature, provides the first critical edition of Wulfstan's Life. It is accompanied by a translation, extensive historical notes, and a substantial introduction which treats both Wulfstan and Aethelwold in the light of recent scholarly research. Appendices provide editions of other texts relevant to the study of AEthelwold, including a Latin Life by his pupil AElfric, some verses by a twelfth-century Ely poet, and a previously unprinted Middle English poem on the saint. This is a valuable edition of a major source, which will be welcomed by all students of Anglo-Saxon England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Introduction: i. Wulfstan of Winchester; ii. AEthelwold, Wulfstan, and the Vita; iii. Wulfstan as hagiographer; iv. The cult of St AEthelwold; v. Later uses of the Vita; vi. Manuscripts of the Vita; vii. Indirect witnesses to the Vita; viii. Relationship of MSS and indirect witnesses; ix. Previous editions; x. Editorial procedures; The life of St AEthelwold; Appendix I: Aelfric. Vita S. AEthelwoldi; Appendix II: Poems on St AEthelwold; Appendix III: The Middle English 'Life of Adelwolde'; Index...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Archbishop of York Wulfstan, Wulfstan of Winchester
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Lapidge (Editore), Michael Winterbottom (Editore), Winterbottom Michael (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.1991
• EAN: 9780198222668
• ISBN: 978-0-19-822266-8
• Pagine: 294
• Serie: Oxford Medieval Texts
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; England, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Literary essays, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, The Early Church