# Felix’s Life of St Guthlac and Its Two Old English Versions, Vol. 1

By **Taro Ishiguro**

- ISBN-13: 9781805967323
- Series: [Exeter Medieval Texts And Studies](https://mybookbandits.com/series/exeter-medieval-texts-and-studies)
- Publisher: Liverpool University Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 416
- Published: 28 Jun 2026

## About this book

Felix’s Vita Sancti Guthlaci, composed in the mid-eighth century at the request of King Ælfwald of East Anglia (r. 713–49), is the earliest substantial literary work from the middle kingdoms of pre-Viking England. Written in Latin and modelled on the ornate style of Aldhelm, the Vita offers a vivid account of Guthlac,

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