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Oxford Medieval Texts: William of Malmesbury: Saints' Lives by R. M. Thomson (2002, Hardcover)

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The other Lives, written for the monks ofGlastonbury, shed important light on William's use of his sources, and on the local cult of these saints. Format Hardcover. Author M. Winterbottom, R.M. Thomson.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198207093

ISBN-139780198207092

eBay Product ID (ePID)2283642

Product Key Features

Number of Pages436 Pages

Publication NameWilliam of Malmesbury: Saints' Lives

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Religious, Europe / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorR. M. Thomson

SeriesOxford Medieval Texts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-512759

ReviewsThe publication of this volume is to be welcomed as a major advance in the study of one of the most significant of medieval authors., ... the present editorial team provide new insights that bring us significantly closer to William's original intentions.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal270.092

SynopsisThis 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., William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1143) is one of the most distinguished historians of England. He also wrote Lives of saints: of Wulfstan II of Worcester, Dunstan of Canterbury, Patrick, and the more obscure Benignus and Indract, honoured at Glastonbury. This volume contains editions and translations of all these works, with an assessment of their importance as sources of information, and of William as researcher and writer.

LC Classification NumberBX4676.W55 2002