Lapidge, Michael
The World of Bede
- ISBN 13:
- 9780521398190
- author:
- Lapidge, Michael
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1990
- Pages:
- 356
- Dimensions:
- 21 x 14 x 3 cm
- Genre:
- British & Irish history
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The World of Bede by Peter Hunter Blair This book offers an engaging and accessible introduction to the writings and intellectual development of Venerable Bede. Originally published in 1970, it has been updated with a new preface and supplementary bibliography, providing a fresh perspective on this influential figure. Bede's contributions to scholarship are still highly regarded today, and his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People remains an important work. This book explores Bede's role as teacher, orthographer, moral philosopher, grammarian, theologian, natural scientist, and historian, providing insight into his thoughts on his own age and the traditions that influenced him. By examining Bede's life and works, this book sheds light on the growth of scholarship in early medieval Britain, tracing the rebirth of Christianity from St. Augustine to the golden age of Northumbria in the eighth century.
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