Priest at Bourne while Hereward was active with his rebellion
The author of the Gesta Herewardi claims that Leofric was Hereward's priest and wrote an account of Hereward's life in Old English. The Gesta's author then used the Old English work as a source for his Latin Gesta. According to the Gesta, Leofric was a priest at Bourne while Hereward was active with his rebellion. No version of Leofric's work survives.[1]
The number of details in the first part of the Gesta, which is where the Gesta's author claimed to use Leofric's work, is an argument for the existence of such a work, whether or not it was actually authored by Leofric.[1]
Citationsedit
^ abRoffe "Leofric" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Referencesedit
Roffe, David (2004). "Leofric". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16472. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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leofric, 1070, english, cleric, writer, wrote, english, history, hereward, wake, leofricoccupation, english, cleric, writernotable, workwrote, english, history, hereward, wake, priest, bourne, while, hereward, active, with, rebellionthe, author, gesta, herewar. Leofric fl 1070 was an English cleric and writer who wrote an Old English history of Hereward the Wake LeofricOccupation s English cleric and writerNotable workWrote an Old English history of Hereward the Wake Priest at Bourne while Hereward was active with his rebellionThe author of the Gesta Herewardi claims that Leofric was Hereward s priest and wrote an account of Hereward s life in Old English The Gesta s author then used the Old English work as a source for his Latin Gesta According to the Gesta Leofric was a priest at Bourne while Hereward was active with his rebellion No version of Leofric s work survives 1 The number of details in the first part of the Gesta which is where the Gesta s author claimed to use Leofric s work is an argument for the existence of such a work whether or not it was actually authored by Leofric 1 Citations edit a b Roffe Leofric Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyReferences editRoffe David 2004 Leofric Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 16472 Subscription or UK public library membership required nbsp This article about an English writer poet or playwright is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leofric fl 1070 amp oldid 1216681132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
