Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- II.1 The Battle of Hastings and Its Aftermath
- II.2 Two Charters of William the Conqueror
- II.3 Goscelin of Canterbury, The Book of Consolation
- II.4 The Domesday Book of 1086
- II.5 The Life of St Swithun: the Miracle of the Broken Eggs
- II.6 The Life of St Birinus
- II.7 St Anselm of Canterbury
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.3 - Goscelin of Canterbury, The Book of Consolation
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- II.1 The Battle of Hastings and Its Aftermath
- II.2 Two Charters of William the Conqueror
- II.3 Goscelin of Canterbury, The Book of Consolation
- II.4 The Domesday Book of 1086
- II.5 The Life of St Swithun: the Miracle of the Broken Eggs
- II.6 The Life of St Birinus
- II.7 St Anselm of Canterbury
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Goscelin was born in Flanders but spent most of his life in monasteries in England. He was a great writer of biographies of saints, particularly of early Saxon women. His Book of Consolation is a wonderfully imaginative work addressed to a woman whom he loved after meeting her at Wilton Abbey before she was sent to a monastery in Gaul. Goscelin speaks much of spiritual friendship and the spiritual life, quotes from Christian and classical text and includes fascinating details about medieval life.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 48 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024