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| | §5. Wulfstan. VII. From Alfred to the Conquest. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The ... |
 | | Aelfrics last important work was a pastoral letter written for Wulfstan, who, from 1002 to 1023, was archbishop of York, and, till 1016, held also the see of Worcester, being thus a neighbour of the abbot of Eynsham. |
 | | Napier has pointed out, however, that this heading was, probably, taken from another manuscript of the archbishops sermons, which were copied into a miscellaneous collection containing many others, of which the authorship is uncertain, or certainly not his. |
 | | The archbishops passionate patriotism breaks forth in the burning words with which he describes the desolation and demoralisation of the people, scattered like frightened sheep before the onset of the heathen, without a single leader to rally them to resistance. |
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