Gernot Wieland is an emeritus professor at the

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, who specializes in the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

period, specifically

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in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, relations between Anglo-Saxon scholars and their continental counterparts, and the Latin literature written by Anglo-Saxons. Wieland's 1983 ''The Latin Glosses on Arator and Prudentius'' established a typology of glosses. In 2017

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published a ''Festschrift'' in his honor, ''Teaching and Learning in Medieval Europe''.

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Wieland's page at UBC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wieland, Gernot Living people Canadian medievalists German medievalists Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Anglo-Saxon studies scholars Year of birth missing (living people)