Bede's Historiae: genre, rhetoric, and the construction of Anglo-Saxon church history

Understanding Bede's audience -- The historical and contemporary context of Northumbrian hagiography and Historiae production -- Bede's agenda revisited : monastic superiority in the Ecclesiastical history -- Bede's approach to the genre of Historia -- A case of generic discomfort : B...

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Main Author: Gunn, Vicky (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Woodbridge [u.a.] Boydell Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Beda, Saint 672-735, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum / England / Anglo-Saxons / Church history writing / History 700-750
B Beda, Saint 672-735, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
B Great Britain / Church history writing / History 700-730
Further subjects:B Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735) Historiography
B Christian saints Historiography England
B Bede 673-735 Historiography
B Christian literature, English (Old) History and criticism
B Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)
B England Church history Sources
B England Church history Historiography
B Christian saints (England) Historiography
B Bede 673-735
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Summary:Understanding Bede's audience -- The historical and contemporary context of Northumbrian hagiography and Historiae production -- Bede's agenda revisited : monastic superiority in the Ecclesiastical history -- Bede's approach to the genre of Historia -- A case of generic discomfort : Bede's History of the Abbots -- A case of innovation within generic boundaries : Bede's Martyrology -- Bede's compositional techniques in the genre of Ecclesiastical history
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [226] - 252) and index
ISBN:1843834650

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