Ecclesiastical History of the English People
with bede's letter to egbert and cuthbert's letter on the death of bede
$33.03
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
22 October 1990
Summary
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History: A Window into Anglo-Saxon England
Written in AD 731, Bede’s work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain’s geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price’s translation brings us an accurate and readable version, in modern English, of a unique historical document. This edition n…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445657 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044565X |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Bede, Leo Sherley-Price, R.E. Latham, D.H. Farmer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 22 October 1990 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Bede
Bede was born in 673. He became a monk at an early age and lived most of his life at Jarrow. Scholar, teacher and writer, he wrote biblical and other works. He has been described as the ‘Father of English History’. Bede died in 735.
Leo Sherley-Price is a Rural Dean and parish priest at Devon. He has translated a number of other historical and theological texts.
D. H. Farmer is author and editor of several books on ecclesiastical and monastic history.
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