Archbishop Wulfstan, Homilist and Statesman
Dorothy Whitelock
When Wulfstan II, archbishop of York from 1002 and bishop Worcester to 1016, alias Lupus episcopus , died at on 28 May 1023, his body was taken for burial the monastery Ely, in accordance with wishes. From twelfth-century historian this abbey we get only mediaeval account prelate, a brief, some respects unreliable, account. Among other things, it states that miracles were worked tomb, but there is no hint elsewhere had any special claims sanctity. There certainly never question canonisation; hence little motive writing life by contemporaries or successors. consider how should know activities Dunstan Oswold if been denied contemporary lives these saints, perhaps not remarkable political historians period refer Wulfstan, all, merely as author sermon, famous Sermo Lupi ad Anglos revealing conditions England, consecrator Cnut's church Ashingdon. Even ecclesiastical histories given prominent place. Some mention appointment York, refoundation St. Peter's Gloucester consecration Ashingdon, none, except recently Professor Darlington, who calls him an ardent reformer, suggest he influence Anglo-Saxon time later.
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