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Wulfstan
Wulfstan (d. 1023), author of homilies in English including the famous ‘Address to the English’, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, in which he describes the desolation of the country brought about by the Danish raids and castigates the vices and demoralization of the people. He held the sees of Worcester and York simultaneously from 1002 to his death; this pluralism is possibly the reason why he is called reprobus and impius by some contemporary commentators. He had contacts with Ælfric, with whom he shares a distinction as a writer of sermons in rhythmical, alliterative prose. He drafted codes of Laws for Ethelred from 1008 to 1015, and for Cnut (Canute), despite his earlier deploring of the Danish raids.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Wulfstan.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Wulfstan.html |
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Wulfstan
Wulfstan (d. 1023), Bp. of London from 996 to 1002, and Abp. of York from 1002. (He held the see of Worcester as well as that of York from 1002 to 1016.) He was a prominent royal counsellor and a distinguished writer in Old English. His many homilies are practical expositions of essential doctrine; his ‘Institutes of Polity, Civil and Ecclesiastical’ is mainly concerned with the duties of the different ranks and classes of society. He composed much of the legislation issued after 1008 by Kings Ethelred II and Canute and drafted or influenced various private law-codes.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Wulfstan.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Wulfstan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Wulfstan.html |
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Wulfstan
Wulfstan male forename, name of two notable Anglo-Saxon clerics. Wulfstan (d. 1023), archbishop of York, was the author of Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ‘Address of Wulf to the English’, which depicts the destruction brought about by the Danish raids of the early 11th century.
St Wulfstan (c.1008–95), Benedictine monk, was bishop of Worcester; he was instrumental in ending the trade in slaves to Ireland, and was one of the Anglo-Saxon clergy who continued to hold office after the Conquest. His cult was early and popular. His feast day is 19 January. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Wulfstan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Wulfstan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Wulfstan.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Wulfstan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Wulfstan.html |
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Wulfstan
Wulfstan d. 1023, English churchman, archbishop of York (1003-1023) and bishop of Worcester, whose Latin name was Lupus. He is buried at Ely. Homilies are attributed to him, but most of them are doubtful; from them as from those of Ælfric written for Wulfstan, many details of English law were derived. A homily on the millennium in English alliterative prose, styled Lupi sermo ad Anglos [Wulfstan's address to the English], is usually ascribed to him. |
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"Wulfstan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Wulfstan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Wulfstan.html "Wulfstan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Wulfstan.html |
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