This volume presents the hagiographical writings of the Benedictine monk, historian, and scholar, William of Malmesbury (c.1095-c.1143): his Lives of Wulfstan and Dunstan, which survive complete, and those of Patrick, Benignus, and Indract, which exist now only as fragments. Only the Life of Wulfstan has been translated before; the fragments are edited here for the first time, and for the first time an assessment is offered of William as hagiographer, and of the relationship between his historical and hagiographical output.
For Wulfstan II, bishop of Worcester 1062-95, William's Life is the main primary source. The other Lives, written for the monks of Glastonbury, shed important light on William's use of his sources, and on the local cult of these saints.
| ISBN: | 9780198207092 |
| Publication date: | 11th July 2002 |
| Author: | William, Rodney M Thomson, Michael Winterbottom |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 396 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Medieval Texts |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages Theology Christianity |
This volume presents the hagiographical writings of the Benedictine monk, historian, and scholar, William of Malmesbury (c.1095-c.1143): his Lives of Wulfstan and Dunstan, which survive complete, and those of Patrick, Benignus, and Indract, which exist now only as fragments. Only the Life of Wulfstan has been translated before; the fragments are edited here for the first time, and for the first time an assessment is offered of William as hagiographer, and of the relationship between his historical and hagiographical output.
Saints' Lives features in the following genres: European history: medieval period, middle ages, Theology, Christianity
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Saints' Lives was written by William, Rodney M Thomson, Michael Winterbottom and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Saints' Lives has 396 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Medieval Texts series
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