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Lapidge, Michael; Winterbottom, Michael., Life of St. Æthelwold (Oxford Medieval Texts. Oxford: Clarendon Press., 1991). ISBN: 198222661
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Text name(s): Life of St. Æthelwold; Vita S. Æthewoldi.

Number of pages of primary source text: 296

Medieval Author(s): Wulfstan

Dates: 960 - 984

Archival Reference: London, BL Arundel 169, fos. 88r-95r; London, BL Cotton Caligula A. VIII, fos. 125r-128v; Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek I. 81, fos. 94r-101r; London, BL Cotton Nero E. I, pt. 2, fos. 209v-216v; London BL, Cotton Tiberius D. IV, pt. 2, fos. 121v-130v.

Original Language(s): Latin;

Translation: Original language included. English translation.

Translation Comments: Facing page

Geopolitical Region(s): England;

County/Region: Winchester

Record Type(s):
Hagiography
Subject Heading(s):
Church Fathers
Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars
Clergy - Priests, Bishops, Canons
Historiography
Monasticism
Saints
Saints - Cults / Relics

Apparatus: Index Appendices Introduction

Comments:

This book is the first critical edition of Wulfstan of Winchester’s Vita S. Æthelwoldi. Æthelwold (909-984) was a close associate of St. Dunstan, and was involved in reforms of the Benedictine order.

Introduction Summary:

This extensive introduction is concerned with many topics: Wulfstan of Winchester’s life and writings, the chronology of Æthelwold’s life and life’s work, the cult of St. Æthelwold, and manuscript information.

Cataloger: JBF