Southern, R.W., trans., The Life of St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (Oxford Medieval Texts. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1962). ISBN: 198222254
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Text name(s): The Life of St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury

Number of pages of primary source text: 342

Medieval Author(s): Eadmer of Canterbury

Dates: 1100 - 1130

Archival Reference:

Original Language(s): Latin;

Translation: Original language included. English translation.

Translation Comments: Facing page.

Geopolitical Region(s): England;

County/Region: Kent; Canterbury

Apparatus: Index Appendices Introduction

Comments:

Eadmar was archbishop’s close companion for the last 15 years of Anselm’s life. The first half of his life of Anselm was written down during the archbishop’s life; Anselm eventually demanded that the biography be destroyed; however, one copy was saved and completed after the archbishop’s death. Southern addresses the complicated manuscript history in a companion volume to the Life of Anselm, St. Anselm and his Biographer, published by Cambridge University Press in 1962. Apparatus include index; tables illustrating the development and diffusion of the work; an appendix of materials contained in only one manuscript.

Introduction Summary:

Introduction (ix-cciv) discusses the composition, manuscripts, publication history, and orthography of the Life of Anselm.

Cataloger: JMG