Vita sancti Wilfridi The life of Saint Wilfrid
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Vita sancti Wilfridi = The life of Saint Wilfrid
(Exeter medieval texts and studies)
University of Exeter Press, 1998
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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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