The Life of Bishop Wilfrid by Eddius Stephanus

by Eddius Stephanus

The Life of Wilfrid offers us a graphic portrait of one of the most forceful characters in the history of the English Church: a man courageous and energetic yet at the same time litigious, ostentatious and overbearing, his life punctuated by restless travels and the most violent quarrels. Of noble birth, Wilfrid (c.634-709) gained his first experience of monastic life as a boy at Lindisfarne. Thereafter we find him at various times, crossing Gaul,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521313872
• ISBN13: 9780521313872
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"