The Age of Bede
by Bede, D.H. Farmer (Editor)
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This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede s Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital show more religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith. show lessTags
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The introduction discusses the texts in a different order from their order in the book. It is also (perhaps inevitably given the overlapping nature of the texts' subject matter) somewhat repetitive. I think it would have been better to put the different sections of the introduction separately with the texts they discuss.
Parts of the Voyage of St. Brendan strongly reminded me of the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The notes in the lives seem to be mainly limited to notes of biblical references. However, some biblical references are annotated and some are not, and it's difficult to see what the criteria are.
Parts of the Voyage of St. Brendan strongly reminded me of the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The notes in the lives seem to be mainly limited to notes of biblical references. However, some biblical references are annotated and some are not, and it's difficult to see what the criteria are.
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- Canonical title
- The Age of Bede
- Original title
- The Age of Bede
- Original publication date
- 1965 (original translation) (original translation); 1983 (revised edition with new introduction by D. H. Farmer) (revised edition with new introduction by D. H. Farmer); 2004 (reprint) (reprint)
- People/Characters
- Agatho, Pope (Saint, 577-681); Aldfrith, King of Northumbria; Bede or The Venerable Bede (673-735); Benedict Biscop; Benedict of Nursia (Saint); Brendan the Navigator (Saint, 484 | c 577) (show all 11); Ceolfrid, Abbot of Jarrow; Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (Saint, c634 | 687); Ecgfrith; Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (Saint, T. of Tarsus, 602 | 690); Wilfrid, Bishop of York and Ripon (Saint, c. 633 | 709/710)
- Important places
- Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England, UK; Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK; Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, UK; Wearmouth, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- First words
- Introduction (by D. H. Farmer) -- The four texts presented in this volume are important sources for the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland.
The prologue of the holy priest Bede to the Life of Saint Cuthbert
To my holy and most blessed lord and father, Bishop Eadfrid, and to the whole congregation of monks serving God at Lindisfarne, Bede, your faithful ... (show all)servant, sends greeting. - Original language
- Latin
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 270 — Religion History of Christianity History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity
- LCC
- BX4659 .G7 .A44 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Catholic Church Biography and portraits Collective Saints and martyrs
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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