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Rulers and the Wolf: Archbishop Wulfstan, Anglo-Saxon Kings, and the Problems of His Present
<p>Until now, Wulfstan, Archbishop of Yorks relationship to and view of Anglo-Saxon kingship has never been comprehensively examined. The lack of attention this topic has received is a glaring omission in Wulfstan scholarship. Wulfstan worked under two kings, \xc6thelred and Cnut, and he had an …
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To what extent do the writings of Archbishop Wulfstan of York demonstrate a survival of heathen practices?
Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) was one of the most important legal and political thinkers of the early Middle Ages and lived through the political uncertainty of King Æthelred and the Norse invasions resulting in the ascendancy of King Cnut. Although Christianity dominated the country, …
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Sanctity in Tenth-Century Anglo-Latin Hagiography: Wulfstan of Winchester's Vita Sancti Æthelwoldi and Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Vita Sancti Oswaldi
… hagiography associated with their cults: Wulfstan of Winchester's Vita S. Æthelwoldi and Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Vita S. Oswaldi. In addition, Dunstan and Edward the Martyr are examined, and Edmund of East Anglia whose cult was promoted and received its first hagiography during this period. …
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The Christology of the Anglo-Saxon Homilies
… as separate groups the homilies of Ælfric, Wulfstan, and the anonymous collections in the Blickling Homiliary and the Vercelli Book. The introduction outlines the background and contexts of the homilies, their significance, and previous work in the field. A definition of Christology is given …
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Sancti Episcopi : a study of the canonization of bishops in England, 1170-1320.
… were canonized during the period (Thomas Becket, Wulfstan of Worcester and Thomas de Cantilupe) in order to see if they conformed to or exhibited any cohesive ‘model’ of sanctity. It also examines Stephen Langton, one of the bishops around whom a local cult developed, but who did not receive a …
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Perceptions of the Past in Late Anglo-Saxon England: Historiographical and Antiquarian Practice c. 960–1020
… in the later years of Æthelred’s reign, with Wulfstan of York’s use of Bede and Alcuin in his ‘letter of protest’ against changing practices for distributing an archiepiscopal pallium. This chapter assesses Wulfstan’s methods of rearranging his sources to frame the existing terms of the debate …