The Cambridge companion to Bede
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 272 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521514958 (hbk.) 0521514959 (hbk.) 9780521730730 (pbk.) 0521730732 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | B979 |
CLC: | B979.956.1 |
Call Number: | B979.956.1/C178 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-264) and index. Part 1. Bede's life and context. ch.1. Bede's life in context / Michelle P. Brown -- ch. 2. Secular and political contexts / James Campbell -- ch. 3. The world of Latin learning / Rosalind Love -- ch. 4. Church and monastery in Bede's Northumbria / Sarah Foot -- ch. 5. British and Irish contexts / Clare Stancliffe -- ch. 6. The foundation of Bede's Wearmouth-Jarrow / Ian Wood -- Part 2. Bede's writings. ch. 7. Bede and education ... "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. |