Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. An Introduction and Selection. By Rowan Williams and Benedicta Ward
This welcome book consists of a 30-page introduction by Rowan Williams, followed (and supported) by relevant selections from all five books of Bede’s History, translated by Benedicta Ward, who has elsewhere provided introductory essays and a monograph on Bede. Its aim is to present and make accessib...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Literature and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 349-350 |
| Review of: | Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012) (Murdoch, Brian)
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012) (Murdoch, Brian) Bede's ecclesiastical history of the English people (London : Bloomsbury, 2012) (Murdoch, Brian) |
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| Summary: | This welcome book consists of a 30-page introduction by Rowan Williams, followed (and supported) by relevant selections from all five books of Bede’s History, translated by Benedicta Ward, who has elsewhere provided introductory essays and a monograph on Bede. Its aim is to present and make accessible a work of undeniable importance for the study of the early history of England, and also, indeed perhaps more significantly, of historiography, or the rationale behind and the shaping of historical writing. Equally, the text makes clear that Bede’s History is not just significant, but still well worth reading. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru012 |