St Wulfsige and Sherborne. Essays to celebrate the millennium of the Benedictine abbey, 998-1998

There follows an invaluable contribution by Simon Keynes on Wulfsige's career and on the history of the West Saxon bishopric/bishoprics: originally there was one bishop for the whole region but in 705 two dioceses were created, one at Winchester, the other at Sherborne, and then early in the te...

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Published in:The Journal of ecclesiastical history 2008, Vol.59 (1), p.112
Main Authors: Gransden, Antonia, Barker, Hinton, Hunt, Katherine, David A, Alan
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
10th century
Anglo-Saxon period
Christianity
History
Monasteries
Pointing
Politics
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Summary:There follows an invaluable contribution by Simon Keynes on Wulfsige's career and on the history of the West Saxon bishopric/bishoprics: originally there was one bishop for the whole region but in 705 two dioceses were created, one at Winchester, the other at Sherborne, and then early in the tenth century the number was increased to five. [...]the bishop of Sherborne lost pre-eminence which was further reduced by the political situation, notably the Viking onslaught. Next, Barker reverts to the Anglo-Saxon period, discussing Sherborne's estate at Lyme [Abbas] on the west bank of the Lim, opposite Lyme [Regis], an important source of fish and salt and strategically placed for coastal defence. Esther de Waal ends the volume with a short article pointing out that the wisdom and humanity of St Benedict encapsulated in his rule for a monastic community, has exercised a profound influence on Christian spiritual life from its composition in the sixth century until the present day, and still has much to teach in a materialistic world.
ISSN:0022-0469
1469-7637
DOI:10.1017/S002204690700259X