"Goscelin, monk of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the early 1060s, was one of the most prolific hagiographers of Anglo-Saxon saints. Part of his career was spent in wandering exile, and one of the places at which Goscelin stayed briefly was Ely, whose twelfth-century house…
Goscelin, monk of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the early 1060s, was one of the most prolific hagiographers of the Anglo-Saxon saints. William of Malmesbury described him as 'second to none since Bede in the celebration of the English saints'. Part of his career was spent…
"Goscelin, monk of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the early 1060s, was one of the most prolific hagiographers of Anglo-Saxon saints. Part of his career was spent in wandering exile, and one of the places at which Goscelin stayed briefly was Ely, whose twelfth-century house…