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The Times of Bede: Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
Patrick Wormald
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Description for The Times of Bede: Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
Hardback. * A collection of studies on Bede, the greatest historian of the English Middle Ages, and the early English church * Written over a 30-year period by one of the leading authorities on the subject. * Integrates the religious, intellectual, political and social history of the English in their first Christian centuries. Editor(s): Baxter, Stephen. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Written by the late Patrick Wormald, one of the leading authorities on Bede’s life and work over a 30-year period, this book is a collection of studies on Bede and early English Christian society.
Written by the late Patrick Wormald, one of the leading authorities on Bede’s life and work over a 30-year period, this book is a collection of studies on Bede and early English Christian society.
- A collection of studies on Bede, the greatest historian of the English Middle Ages, and the early English church.
- Integrates the religious, intellectual, political and social history of the English in their first Christian centuries.
- Looks at how Bede and other writers charted the establishment of a Christian community within a warrior society.
- Features the first map of all known or likely early Christian communities in England.
- Includes plans ... Read more
- An appendix considers Bede’s treatment of St. Hilda, the first great English female saint.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631166559
SKU
V9780631166559
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About Patrick Wormald
The author Before his death in 2004, Patrick Wormald was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He was previously a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Glasgow, and a Student of Christ Church, Oxford. He lectured widely in Europe, Scandinavia and North America and had an international reputation as an ... Read more
Reviews for The Times of Bede: Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
"The untimely death of Patrick Wormald in 2004 deprived the scholarly community of a brilliant historian best known for his magisterial study of the development of English law during the Anglo-Saxon period. As the volume under review here clearly shows, Worrnald was also a leading figure in revising our understanding of Bede and his early medieval English cultural milieu." (CHURCH ... Read more