The Cambridge companion to Bede / edited by Scott DeGregorio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeGregorio, Scott.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.

Bede.

Physical Description:

xx, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Companion to Bede

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"As the major writer and thinker of the Anglo-Saxon period, the Venerable Bede is a key figure in the study of the literature and thought of this time. This Companion, written by an international team of specialists, is a key introductory guide to Bede, his writings, and his world. The first part of the volume focuses on Bede's cultural and intellectual milieu, covering his life, the secular-political contexts of his day, the foundations of the Latin learning he inherited and sought to perpetuate, the ecclesiastical and monastic setting of early Northumbria, and the foundation of his home institution, Wearmouth-Jarrow. The book then considers Bede's writing in detail, treating his educational, exegetical and historical works. Concluding with a detailed assessment of Bede's influence and reception from the time of his death up to the modern age, the Companion enables the reader to view Bede's writings within a wider cultural context"--Provided by publisher.

"The introduction of Christianity affected the organisation of power. A comparable development is seen most powerfully in the career of Wilfrid: the church had produced a new kind of potentate, an ecclesiastical one, with a status and influence transcending the boundaries of a single kingdom"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Bede's life and context. Bede's life in context / Michelle P. Brown

Secular and political contexts / James Campbell

The world of Latin learning / Rosalind Love

Church and monastery in Bede's Northumbria / Sarah Foot

British and Irish contexts / Clare Stancliffe

The foundation of Bede's Wearmouth-Jarrow / Ian Wood

Pt. 2. Bede's writings. Bede and education / Calvin B. Kendall

Bede and science / Faith Wallis

Bede and the Old Testament / Scott DeGregorio

Bede and the New Testament / Arthur G. Holder

Bede and preaching / Lawrence T. Martin

Bede and history / Alan Thacker

Pt. 3. Reception and influence. The cult of Bede / David Rollason

Bede and the continent in the Carolingian age and beyond / Joshua A. Westgard

Bede and later Anglo-Saxon England / Sharon M. Rowley

The Englishness of Bede, from then to now / Allen J. Frantzen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780521514958

0521514959

9780521730730

0521730732

OCLC:

496958296

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