Beda Venerabilis : historian, monk & Northumbrian / edited by L.A.J.R. Houwen and A.A. MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houwen, L. A. J. R.

MacDonald, A. A. (Alasdair A.)

Series:

Mediaevalia Groningana ; fasc. 19.

Mediaevalia Groningana ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.

Bede.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Historiography.

Civilization.

England.

Monasticism and religious orders--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monasticism and religious orders.

History.

Northumbria (Kingdom)--Civilization.

Northumbria (Kingdom).

Anglo-Saxons--Intellectual life.

Anglo-Saxons.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.

Historiography--England.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Groningen : E. Forsten, 1996.

Contents:

On Bede as Christian historian / Jan Davidse

Bede's influence at home and abroad : an introduction / J.E. Cross

Bede and the Irish / A.T. Thacker

Bede and Frechulf at medieval St. Gallen / Michael Idomir Allen

Beda Hagiographicus : meaning and function of miracle stories in the Vita Cuthberti and the Historia ecclesiastica / Karl Lutterkort

Bede and Aelfric : the sources of the Homily on St Cuthbert / B.A. Blokhuis

A Northumbrian version of 'Caedmon's Hymn' (eordu-recension) in Brussels, Bibliothèque royale MS 8245-57 ff. 62r²-v¹ : identification, edition, and filiation / Dan O'Donnell

Bede and the legends of St Oswald / A.M. Jansen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Eight essays, five of which originated in a one-day conference on Bede held in 1990 at the University of Groningen.

ISBN:

9069800926

OCLC:

34709391