| The Venerable Bede: Volume 169 Contributor(s): Ward, Benedicta (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879074698 ISBN-13: 9780879074692 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: "In a short span this book contrives to be a masterly introduction to one of the major figures of early English history, in all aspects of his scholarship and personality. Students and general readers will find it invaluable, while professional scholars, not least those interested in Bede the historian, will be very grateful for the survey of his scriptural writings. Sister Benedicta combines good judgement with an almost preternatural sympathy for her subject. Her style is lucid and readable, her choice of quotations inspired." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Cistercian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.48" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From his remote Northumbrian monastery, Bede (673-735) exerted an enormous and enduring influence on the study of Scripture, history, mathematics, and Latin literature. This overview of his life and writings, first published in 1990, has now been revised in the light of the most recent scholarship. In it noted scholar Sister Benedicta Ward introduces Bede and analyzes his works and the traditions and events which gave form to his thought. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ward, Benedicta: - Benedicta Ward is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality in the University of Oxford. Her most recent book is Anselm of Canterbury: His Life and Legacy (SPCK 2009). She is a member of the Anglican monastic community of the Sisters of the Love of God. |