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- Title
The Birthplace of Saint Wulfthryth: An Unexamined Reference in Cambridge University Library Additional 2604.
- Authors
Brown, Jessica C.
- Abstract
Cambridge University Library Additional 2604 is a fifteenth-century miscellany that is largely comprised of East Anglian and Kentish saints' lives. It also includes a vita of Saint Edith-the patron saint of the convent at Wilton in Wessex. This vita names the birthplace of Edith's mother, St. Wulfthryth, as 'Lesing' in Kent. I suggest that this unique reference may come from a desire to firmly connect Edith's mother as well as Edith herself to a Kentish heritage.
- Subjects
KENT (England); WESSEX (England); CAMBRIDGE University Library; ACADEMIC libraries; MOTHERS; BIRTHPLACES; CONVENTS
- Publication
Quidditas, 2021, Vol 42, p220
- ISSN
1544-9971
- Publication type
Article