Archbishop Wulfstan of York’s interpolation in the DE version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for the year 959 is out of character for both the churchman himself and for the pre-Conquest period as a whole, as it is the only text from early England critical of King Edgar. This article shows that Wulfstan’s complaints about Edgar, which focus on the king’s policies related to Scandinavians in England, are rooted in the monarch’s probable official employment of Scandinavians and in the law code IV Edgar. Ultimately, this article argues that Wulfstan’s criticisms of Edgar are best understood in relation to the archbishop’s notion that royal policy could have significant long-term negative consequences, especially if such policy contravened Wulfstan’s understanding of the will of God.

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沃尔夫斯坦大主教在《盎格鲁撒克逊编年史》中对埃德加国王的批评

约克大主教沃尔夫斯坦在盎格鲁撒克逊编年史条目的 959 年的 DE 版本中的插值对于牧师本人和整个征服前时期来说都不符合其特征，因为它是早期英格兰唯一的批判文本埃德加国王的。本文表明，沃尔夫斯坦对埃德加的抱怨主要集中在国王对英格兰斯堪的纳维亚人的政策，其根源在于君主可能对斯堪的纳维亚人的正式雇用以及埃德加四世法典。最终，本文认为，伍尔夫斯坦对埃德加的批评最好结合大主教的观点来理解，即王室政策可能会产生重大的长期负面后果，特别是如果此类政策违反了伍尔夫斯坦对上帝意志的理解。