Cynewulf positively learned the Latin rudiments so many assume that he probably attended the Minster School of York.
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Christ II, also called The Ascension, is one of Cynewulf’s four signed poems that exist in the Old English vernacular.
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It is a five-section piece that spans lines 440-866 of the Christ triad in the Exeter Book (folios 14a-20b), and is homiletic in its subject matter in contrast to the martyrological nature of Juliana, Elene, and Fates of the Apostles.
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The Exeter Book has been at the Exeter Cathedral Library since 1072 where it was donated by Bishop Leofric.
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The poem Christ was originally thought to be one piece completed by a single author.
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Cynewulf receives credit for writing Christ II, but his inspiration came from the 23rd Psalm and a homily written by Pope Gregory.
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:Christ II (also Christ B), poem written by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf on Christ's Ascension.