England
Wulfstan was born around the middle of the 10th century, Wulfstan became a monk at a time when the Benedictine reform movement is strengthening the power of the church.
990s - Wulfstan gaied a reputation as a good writer and preacher. While Viking
raids grew, he composed pessimistic apocalyptic sermons about the coming of the Antichrist.
996 - Wulfstan became bishop of London,named in his correspondence as Lupus episcopus: ‘the Wolf bishop".
1002 - Received the bishopric of Worcester and archbishopric of York,held in plurality – the north was an unstable,borderland region.
1008 -Drafting lawcodes and public legislation for Æthelred the unready,penitential code of
1009 Demanded all English to 3 days’ penance to earn God’s forgiveness and help against the viking raids.
1009–16 Wulfstan wrote the Sermon of the Wolf to the English over the years of Danish invasion preaching and circulating it.
1016–18 Performed a diplomatic role after Cnut’s conquest in 1016. At the Council of Oxford in 1018, was involved in making peace between Danes and English.
1018 Wulfstan dedicates a church to the souls of the slain on the site of Cnut’s decisive
victory at Assandun (either Ashdon or Ashingdon) in Essex.
1020–21 Wulfstan made King Cnut’s new lawcode for the English.
1023 Wulfstan died at York, and was buried at Ely in Cambridgeshire.
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