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Byrhtferth
Byrhtferth (''c.'' 970 – ''c.'' 1020) was a priest and monk who lived at Ramsey Abbey. He had a deep impact on the intellectual life of later Anglo-Saxon England and wrote many computistic, hagiographic, and historical works.〔''The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England'', ed. Michael Lapidge (1991)〕〔''Medieval England: an encyclopedia''; editors: Paul E. Szarmach, M. Teresa Tavormina, Joel T. Rosenthal. New York: Garland Publishing (1998)〕 He was a leading man of science and best known as the author of many different works (although he may not have written many of them).〔"The Old English Canon of Byrhtferth of Ramsey", Peter S. Baker. ''Speculum'', Vol. 55, No. 1. (1980)〕 His ''Manual'' (''Enchiridion''), a scientific textbook, is Byrhtferth's best known work.〔Byrhtferth of Ramsey. (2011). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/87049/Byrhtferth-of-Ramsey〕
He studied with Abbo of Fleury, who was invited to Ramsey Abbey by Oswald of Worcester to help teach. Abbo was there during the period 985-987, and became a large influence on Byhrtferth who was interested in the same studies, such as history, logic, astronomy, and mathematics.〔''Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England'', Richard Fletcher. (2002)〕 We do not have contemporary biographies of Byrhtferth, and the only information we have is the one in his ''Manual'' and his ''Preface''.
==Works==
Byrhtferth's signature appears on only two unpublished works, his Latin and Old English ''Manual'', and Latin ''Preface''. He also composed a Latin life of St. Egwin, compiled a chronicle of Northumbrian history in the 990's, wrote a Latin life of Oswald of Worcester (the ''Vita Oswaldi'') about the year 1000, and it is suggested that he is responsible for the early sections of the ''Historia regum'', or ''History of the Kings'', attributed to Simeon of Durham. This last attribution is based on the similarity of the style between Simeon and Byrhtferth.〔〔 The last of Byrhtferth's works is an unsigned fragment of Old English text on computus in the Manuscript BL Cotton Caligula A.xv, fols. MS 142v-143r. It is attributed to him because of the stylistic similarity to the Old English that he wrote in ''Manual''.〔
Byrhtferth has also been credited with Latin commentaries on Bede's ''De natura rerum'' and ''De temporum ratione'' (first attributed to him by John Herwagen) and a ''Vita S. Dunstani'' signed "B" (first attributed to him by Jean Mabillon).〔 However, many scholars argue that these works were not written by Byrhtferth, but instead were a compilation of material by several writers in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. This is argued because of the smooth, polished style of these works in comparison with the styles of the only signed works ''Manual'' and ''Preface''.〔
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