RT Book
T1 The world of Bede
A1 Hunter Blair, Peter 1912-1982
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1990
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/883428156
AB An engaging and accessible introduction to the writings and intellectual development of the Venerable Bede (d.735), this book (originally published in 1970) is available again for the enjoyment of all those interested in the early medieval world. With an updated preface and supplementary bibliography by Michael Lapidge, the book is based almost entirely on primary sources, particularly Bede's own writings. The book surveys the fragmented state of Britain after the Anglo-Saxon conquests, tracing the - sometimes faltering - rebirth of Christianity from the time of St. Augustine through to the glories of the golden age of Northumbria in the eighth century. What was Bede's contribution to the growth of scholarship? Why is his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People still so highly regarded? How did Bede see his own age? What traditions most influenced him? Peter Hunter Blair answers all these questions, assessing Bede sympatheticaly in all the fields in which he was active, as teacher, orthographer, moral philospher, grammarian, theologian, natural scientist and, above all, as our first modern historian.
AB Part One: Alter orbis -- Change in the West -- Bede's view of Britain -- Britons and English -- English foundations -- Part Two: Towards Christianity -- The initiation of a mission -- The journey to England -- Gregory's correspondence -- Bede's account of the mission -- The first Archbishops of Canterbury -- Paulinus in Northumbria -- 'Celtic' and 'Roman' missionaries -- Part Three: The growth of monasticism -- Gaulish and Italian influences -- Spanish influences -- Aspects of English monasticism -- Benedict Biscop's early years -- The foundation of Wearmouth -- The foundation of Jarrow -- The Abbacy of Ceolfrith -- Part Four: Learning, teaching and writing -- The regular life -- The Bible in the West -- The Northumbrian Bible -- Education and the Grammarians -- Reading and Psalmody -- Number and time -- The lives of saints -- Secular and Christian books -- Candela Ecclesiae
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN PA8260
SN 9780511620355
K1 Bede : the Venerable, Saint : 673-735
K1 Bede
K1 Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) : England : Biography.
K1 Authors, English, Old English, ca. 450-1100 : Biography.
K1 Monasticism and religious orders : England.
K1 Christian saints : England : Biography.
K1 Anglo-Saxons : Intellectual life.
K1 Anglo-Saxons : Biography.
K1 Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
K1 Authors, English : Old English, ca. 450-1100 : Biography
K1 Monasticism and religious orders : England
K1 Christian saints : England : Biography
K1 Anglo-Saxons : Intellectual life
K1 Anglo-Saxons : Biography
K1 Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) : England : Biography
K1 Bede ; the Venerable, Saint ; 673-735
K1 Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) ; England ; Biography
K1 Authors, English ; Old English, ca. 450-1100 ; Biography
K1 Monasticism and religious orders ; England
K1 Christian saints ; England ; Biography
K1 Anglo-Saxons ; Intellectual life
K1 Anglo-Saxons ; Biography
K1 England ; Church history ; 449-1066
K1 England : Church history, 449-1066.
K1 England : Church history : 449-1066
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511620355