Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
ShareThis
Javascript must be enabled to continue!

Bede Part 2

View through CrossRef
This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede. Bede is best known as the author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, which is one of the key sources for our historical and cultural knowledge of the period; this collection covers that and more, drawing on manuscript evidence, medieval library catalogues, Anglo-Latin and Old English versions, citations, quotations, and more, putting Bede and his work in the context of his period.
Amsterdam University Press
Title: Bede Part 2
Description:
This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede.
Bede is best known as the author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, which is one of the key sources for our historical and cultural knowledge of the period; this collection covers that and more, drawing on manuscript evidence, medieval library catalogues, Anglo-Latin and Old English versions, citations, quotations, and more, putting Bede and his work in the context of his period.

Related Results

Nomadic Bedes are Experiencing Identity Crisis and Shifting of their Traditional Habitats in Bangladesh
Nomadic Bedes are Experiencing Identity Crisis and Shifting of their Traditional Habitats in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries, with various ethnic communities scattered throughout the nation. The nomadic Bede are an ancient ethnic group tha...
Lekko nieodpowiedzialne i stronnicze wprowadzenie do filozofii analitycznej
Lekko nieodpowiedzialne i stronnicze wprowadzenie do filozofii analitycznej
Niniejszy tekst nie jest monografią naukową. Raczej stanowić on będzie w miarę krótki opis (niektórych aspektów) tego, co uważam za kluczowe w rozwoju i naturze filozofii analitycz...
The Venerable Bede's Knowledge of Greek
The Venerable Bede's Knowledge of Greek
Unlike today, when he is mostly remembered for his historical work, the Venerable Bede's renown in the Middle Ages was founded on his biblical exegesis. One reason that his comment...
Eliot’s Scientific Modernism: Newton, Einstein, and Adam Bede
Eliot’s Scientific Modernism: Newton, Einstein, and Adam Bede
Abstract This exploratory article argues that Eliot uses figurative language to embody her knowledge of theoretical physics by poetically infusing plot structure wit...
An Eighth-century Poem on St. Ninian
An Eighth-century Poem on St. Ninian
Whithorn in Galloway and Kirkmadrine nearby are famous to the archaeologist and historian as the homes of the oldest Christian monuments in Scotland, namely the memorial stones sti...
Lapidary traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: part II, Bede'sExplanatio Apocalypsisand related works
Lapidary traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: part II, Bede'sExplanatio Apocalypsisand related works
Part I of this article1treated the three main streams of lapidary knowledge current in the early Middle Ages (the classical encyclopaedists, the patristic2and the medical tradition...
Of when it was necessary to remind a bishop of his duties: looking into Bede’s letter to Egbert of York
Of when it was necessary to remind a bishop of his duties: looking into Bede’s letter to Egbert of York
Bede’s letter to Bishop Egbert could very well be seen as an urgent call for immediate changes at the Northumbrian Church. In his letter, the monk from Wearmouth-Jarrow denounces a...
Adam Bede
Adam Bede
Our deeds carry their terrible consequences…consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.' Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head ...

Back to Top