William of Malmesbury: Saints' Lives

by William Kirby and William of Malmesbury

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198207093
• ISBN13: 9780198207092
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"