Vita sancti Wilfridi The life of Saint Wilfrid

Author(s)

• Eadmer, d. 1124?
• Muir, Bernard James
• Turner, Andrew J.

Bibliographic Information

Vita sancti Wilfridi = The life of Saint Wilfrid

auctore Edmero = by Edmer ; an edition with translation, historical introduction and commentary by Bernard J. Muir and Andrew J. Turner

（Exeter medieval texts and studies）

University of Exeter Press, 1998

Note

Bibliography: p. 251-270

Includes index

Parallel text in Latin and English, with critical apparatus in English

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work is an edition of Edmer of Canterbury's 12th-century "Vita Sancti Wilfridi" ("Life of St Wilfrid"); it also includes a critical edition of the Latin text, a translation, historical introduction and commentary, a rhetorical analysis of Edmer's style, and two appendices. The introduction examines the influence of 12th century ecclesiastical politics on the development of the cult of St Wilfrid, and reassesses the prejudices of the early accounts of Wilfrid's life by Stephen (Eddius) and Bede.The edition is based on all known surviving texts of the "vita", including a recently discovered witness in The Ballarat Fine Arts Gallery, Australia. It traces the influence and use of the "vita" during the three centuries after it was written, with specific reference to historical and ecclesiastical compilations and its use as a source for liturgical texts. It also assesses the early printed tradition of the "vita".

Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1.0 General Comments 2.0 The Life of Wilfrid 3.0 The Life of Edmer 4.0 Edmer's Vita Sancti Wilfridi 5.0 Other Accounts of Wilfrid's Life by Edmer 6.0 Later Medieval Use and the Influence of the VSW 7.0 The Manuscript Tradition 8.0 Relationships between the Manuscripts 9.0 Previous Printed Editions of the VSW 10.0 Editorial Principles of the Present Edition Summary of the Vita Sancti Wilfridi Vita Sancti Wilfridi: Text and Translation Breuiloquium Vite Sancti Wilfridi: Text and Translation Commentary Bibliography Abbreviations Primary Sources Secondary Sources Reference Works and Catalogues Appendices 1: Ripon and Balliol Excerpts 2: The Parent Composite Manuscript Index of Proper Names

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Details

• NCID: BA45891858
• ISBN:
  • 0859895971
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: lat
• Text Language Code: englat
• Place of Publication: Exeter
• Pages/Volumes: lxxxv, 293 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 270.2092
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Wilfrid, Saint, ca. 634-709
  • LCSH : Christian saints -- England -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA45892191