ABSTRACT
Archbishop Wulfstan is one of the most prominent figures of the late Anglo-Saxon Church, The canon of his works, together with his importance for the ecclesiastical and political life of the time have been established during the last fifty years. Very little is known about Wulfstan's background and his early years. To help him in his spiritual and administrative duties he compiled a collection of canonical, liturgical, and homiletic writings, which is still preserved in several manuscripts. Its customary English title is "Wulfstan's Commonplace Book. Wulfstan's own works are further proof of his interests and endeavors. Archbishop Wulfstan's so-called Commonplace Book contains theological texts, particularly of a canonical, liturgical, and homiletic nature. It is transmitted in a number of manuscripts. This collection obviously existed right from the start in several manuscripts, the contents of which overlapped partially. However, some of the texts apparently contained in one of the manuscripts of the Commonplace Book.
