Wulfstan, Archbishop Of York: The Proceedings of the Second Alcuin Conference (Studies in the Early Middle Ages, 10)

Most famous for his harrowing ‘Sermon of the Wolf to the English’, Archbishop Wulfstan II of York (1002-23) has emerged in recent decades as one of the most important and influential figures in the late Anglo-Saxon church and state. This volume, which arises from a conference held in 2002 to mark the millennial anniversary of Wulfstan’s appointment as archbishop, is the first collection of essays to be devoted to this crucial figure. Its twenty contributors address the whole range of Wulfstan’s activities and writings, and supply not only an up-to-date survey of Wulfstan studies but also many new directions, discoveries, and insights. The studies within this volume variously explore Wulfstan’s preaching and law-making; his position in the late Anglo-Saxon church; the places and contexts in which he lived and worked; and, more generally, his learning, concerns, and ideas. The contributors, drawn from a variety of disciplines, bring together literary, historical, and art historical approaches to the study of Wulfstan, and a recurrent focus is on the extant manuscripts associated with him. Altogether, therefore, this volume provides a thorough and wide-ranging exploration of the life, works, and contexts of one of the most important of all Anglo-Saxons. Front matter (“Contents”, “List of Illustrations”, “Contributors”, “Acknowledgements”), p. i Free Access Introduction, p. 1 Matthew Townend https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3702 Archbishop Wulfstan: Eleventh-Century State-Builder, p. 9 Patrick Wormald https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3703 Sound, Fury, and Signifiers; or Wulfstan’s Language, p. 29 Richard Dance https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3704 Re-editing Wulfstan: Where’s the Point?, p. 63 Andy Orchard https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3705 Wulfstan’s Latin Sermons, p. 93 Thomas N. Hall https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3706 Wulfstan and Worcester: Bishop and Clergy in the Early Eleventh Century, p. 141 Julia Barrow https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3707 Archbishop Wulfstan and the Administration of God’s Property, p. 161 Stephen Baxter https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3708 York Minster in the Time of Wulfstan, p. 207 Christopher Norton https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3709 The Development of Wulfstan’s Alcuin Manuscript, p. 235 Gareth Mann https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3710 Art and the Man: Archbishop Wulfstan and the York Gospelbook, p. 279 T. A. Heslop https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3711 Archbishop Wulfstan: Reformer?, p. 309 Joyce Hill https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3712 Wulfstan’s Liturgical Interests, p. 325 Christopher A. Jones https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3713 The Relations of Wulfstan and Ælfric: A Reassessment, p. 353 Malcolm Godden https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3714 Wulfstan’s Sermo Lupi ad Anglos as Political Performance: 16 February 1014 and Beyond, p. 375 Jonathan Wilcox https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3715 Byrstas and bysmeras: The Wounds of Sin in the Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, p. 397 Alice Cowen https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3716 Napier Homily L: Wulfstan’s Eschatology at the Close of his Career, p. 413 Joyce Tally Lionarons https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3717 Wulfstan and Ælfric: ‘the true Difference between the Law and the Gospel’, p. 429 Eric Stanley https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3718 ‘The Protection of God and the King’: Wulfstan’s Legislation on Widows, p. 443 Stephanie Hollis https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3719 ‘And we forbeodað eornostlice ælcne hæðenscipe’: Wulfstan and Late Anglo-Saxon and Norse ‘Heathenism’, p. 461 Audrey L. Meaney https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3720 ‘Vir optimus Wlfstanus’: The Post-Conquest Commemoration of Archbishop Wulfstan of York at Ely Cathedral, p. 501 John Crook https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.3.3721 Back matter (“Index”), p. 525 "Most famous for his harrowing "Sermon of the Wolf to the English', Archbishop Wulfstan II of York (1002-23) has emerged in recent decades as one of the most important and influential figures in the late Anglo-Saxon church and state. This volume, which arises from a conference held in 2002 to mark the millennial anniversary of Wulfstan's appointment as archbishop, is the first collection of essays to be devoted to this crucial figure. Its twenty contributors address the whole range of Wulfstan's activities and writings, and supply not only an up-to-date survey of Wulfstan studies but also many new directions, discoveries, and insights. The studies within this volume variously explore Wulfstan's preaching and law-making; his position in the late Anglo-Saxon church; the places and contexts in which he lived and worked; and, more generally, his learning, concerns, and ideas."--BOOK JACKET