The World of Bede
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- Author: Peter Hunter Blair
- Date Published: October 1990
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- isbn: 9780521398190
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The World of Bede is an engaging and accessible introduction to the writings and intellectual development of the venerable Bede (d. 735), first historian of the English and one of the greatest scholars of the Middle Ages. Originally published in 1970 and out of print for many years, the book remains a minor classic of historical writing, now made available again for the enjoyment of all those interested in the early medieval world. A new preface and supplementary bibliography by Michael Lapidge have brought the book up to date.
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"In the foreword, Michael Lapidge, who supervised the reprinting, says, 'Hunter Blair's book stands up well to the passage of time: being concerned with Bede himself and not with the industry of Bede scholarship.' Anyone (such as this reviewer) who read this book twenty years ago and who has just returned to it will agree....This remains a fine book." Joseph F. Kelly, Church History
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- Date Published: October 1990
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521398190
- length: 356 pages
- dimensions: 225 x 150 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.536kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword Michael Lapidge
Preface
List of abbreviations
Part I. Alter Orbis:
1. Change in the west
2. Bede's view of Britain
3. Britons and English
4. English foundations
Part II. Towards Christianity:
5. The initiation of a mission
6. The journey to England
7. Gregory's English correspondence
8. Bede's account of the mission
9. The first Archbishops of Canterbury
10. Paulinus in Northumbria
11. 'Celtic' and 'Roman' missionaries
Part III. The Growth of Monasticism:
12. Gaulish and Italian influences
13. Spanish influences
14. Aspects of English monasticism
15. Benedict Biscop's early years
16. The Foundation of Wearmouth
17. The Foundation of Jarrow
18. The Abbacy of Ceolfrith
Part IV. Learning, Teaching and Writing:
19. The regular life
20. The Bible in the west
21. The Northumbrian Bible
22. Education and the grammarians
23. Reading and psalmody
24. Number and time
25. The lives of saints
26. Secular and Christian books
27. Candela Ecclesiae
Select Bibliography
Index.
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