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This volume presents the hagiographical writings of the Benedictine monk,
historian, and scholar, William of Malmesbury (c.1095-c.1143): his Lives of
Wulfstan and Dunstan, which survive complete, and those of Patrick, Benignus,
and Indract, which exist now only as fragments. Only the Life of Wulfstan has
been translated before; the fragments are edited here for the first time, and
for the first time an assessment is offered of William as hagiographer, and of
the relationship between his historical and hagiographical output. For Wulfstan
II, bishop of Worcester 1062-95, William's Life is the main primary source. The
other Lives, written for the monks of Glastonbury, shed important light on
William's use of his sources, and on the local cult of these saints. William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1143) wrote 'Lives of saints: of Wulfstan
II of Worcester', 'Dunstan of Canterbury', 'Patrick', and the more obscure
'Benignus and Indract', honoured at Glastonbury. This volume contains editions
and translations of all these works, with an assessment of their importance as
sources of information.
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