Did Goscelin Write the Earliest Life of Edward the Confessor?

Beare examines Frank Barlow's translation of Vita Edwardi Regis: the Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster, written by a monk of St Bertin. Barlow says the anonymous author is either Goscelin or Folcard, both monks were of St Bertin. Life of King Edward opens with a poem in which, the Mu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Notes and queries 2008-09, Vol.55 (3), p.262-265
1. Verfasser: Beare, Rhona
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Beare examines Frank Barlow's translation of Vita Edwardi Regis: the Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster, written by a monk of St Bertin. Barlow says the anonymous author is either Goscelin or Folcard, both monks were of St Bertin. Life of King Edward opens with a poem in which, the Muse tells the Anonymous to praise King Edward, Edith, Godwin, and his sons the four earls.
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941
DOI:10.1093/notesj/gjn076