The Times of Bede :Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
The Times of Bede :Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
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Published:
17 October, 2006
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Description
- 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 and illustrations of the finest early Christian church in England at Brixworth.
- An appendix considers Bede’s treatment of St. Hilda, the first great English female saint.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780631166559 |
| ISBN10 | 0631166556 |
| Number Of Pages | 310 |
| Item Weight | 717 g |
| Product Dimensions | 158 x 238 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
"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 HISTORY, March 2008)
“On display throughout … is Wormald’s considerable intellect and erudition and in the earlier essays in particular an enviable familiarity with Continental scholarship. There are also occasional flashes of the theater that was a Wormald lecture.” (Catholic Historical Review, October 2008)
Author's Bio
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 early-medieval scholar secured by many impressive and meticulously researched articles and by his most magisterial achievement, The Making of English Law.
The Editor
Stephen Baxter was one of Patrick Wormald's students, and is a Lecturer in Medieval History at King's College, London.