Two lives of Saint Cuthbert: texts
These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the secular history of the golden age of Northumbria and the historic shift from Celtic to Roman ecclesiastical practice which took place after the Synod of Whitby. Cuthbert was very much in the Irish monastic tradition. He adopted Roman usag...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1985.
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| In: | Year: 1985 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne 635-687
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Christian saints ; England ; Biography ; Early works to 1800
B Anglo-Saxons ; Biography ; Early works to 1800 B Christian saints (England) Biography Early works to 1800 B Cuthbert Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne (approximately 635-687) B Cuthbert B Anglo-Saxons Biography Early works to 1800 B Anglo-Saxons Biography Early works to 1800 B Cuthbert ; Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne ; approximately 635-687 B Christian saints England Biography Early works to 1800 |
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Erscheint auch als: 9780521309257 |
| Summary: | These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the secular history of the golden age of Northumbria and the historic shift from Celtic to Roman ecclesiastical practice which took place after the Synod of Whitby. Cuthbert was very much in the Irish monastic tradition. He adopted Roman usages, becoming prior and eventually bishop of Lindisfarne, but the essential nature of his commitment changed little and he lived for much of his later life as a hermit on the island of Farne, with the birds as his only companions. The two lives make an interesting contrast: the earlier, anonymous Life of 698–705 is clear, concise and rich in Lindisfarne tradition, viewing Cuthbert as no more than the great saint of his own house. Bede's prose Life of 721, however, is polished, literary, more than twice as long and altogether more didactic; treating Cuthbert as a model from which to draw lessons about how to be a perfect bishop and monk. Taken together, the lives vividly evoke the character of a remarkable churchman and provide a compelling picture of early monastic life. A life by an anonymous monk of Lindisfarne -- Bede's prose life |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511552955 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511552953 |