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Wulfstan II of York, The Homilist
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, pp.1-2
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
07/17/2017
DOI: 10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb119
Abstract
Wulfstan, bishop of London (996–1002), bishop of Worcester (1002–16), and archbishop of York (1002–23), wrote an extensive body of homilies or sermons, along with the late law‐codes of King Æthelred and all the major law‐codes of King Cnut, and an important vernacular treatise of estates' literature,
The Institutes of Polity
. Wulfstan inveighed against the sins of his time, addressing what he saw as the approaching apocalypse and the consequent need to reform by restating Christian verities and moral imperatives in a sonorous and memorable prose style. His most famous homily, the
Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
, preserves a jeremiad against English sins at the time of Viking incursions. From the mid‐990s until his death in 1023, Wulfstan provided a major homiletic voice from Anglo‐Saxon England.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Wulfstan II of York, The Homilist
- Creators
- Jonathan Wilcox - University of Iowa, English
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry
- Publication Details
- The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, pp.1-2
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb119
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/17/2017
- Academic Unit
- English
- Record Identifier
- 9984364351602771
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