The Uses Made of History by the Kings of Medieval England
The kings of medieval England, besides using history for the entertainment of themselves and their courts, turned it to practical purposes. They plundered history-books for precedents and other...
View ArticleBede’s Temple as History
Another IHR paper, this time, a talk given about Bede’s writing and his interest in the image of the Temple and its relation to Christianity. This paper also examined how Bede’s views shifted over...
View ArticleSoldier saints and holy warriors: Warfare and sanctity in Anglo-Saxon England
This study examines hagiographers' changing literary tropes as subtle but important reflections of medieval Christianity's evolution from rejecting the sword to tolerating and even wielding it. H The...
View ArticleThe Old English Translation of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum...
Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (HE), written c. 731, enjoyed a great popularity among the Anglo-Saxons and Carolingians and was one of the most popular texts in medieval Europe. The post...
View ArticleHow an Early Medieval Historian Worked: Methodology and Sources in Bede’s...
This dissertation examines the methods and sources employed by Bede in the construction of his account of the Gregorian mission, thereby providing an insight into how an early medieval historian...
View ArticleCast of Bede’s skull rediscovered
‘The Skull of Bede’ exhibition opened yesterday at Bede’s World, Jarrow The post Cast of Bede’s skull rediscovered appeared first on Medievalists.net.
View ArticleAugustine among the Angels: The Venerable Bede’s impressive resume
I will give you a taste of Bede’s many accomplishments, not the least of which is his instrumental role in the diffusion of Augustine’s works.
View ArticleAstronomical and Atmospheric Observations in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and in...
Chronicles and narrative histories of the Early Middle Ages contain a number of entries relating to astronomical events and atmospheric phenomena.
View ArticlePater Ecgberct of Rath Melsigi: The Hero of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica?
Are there heroes that can be celebrated in this period? Is it possible that somebody like Ecgberct could be a hero of somebody like Bede and in something like Historia Ecclesiastica?
View ArticleNew Medieval Books: Bede and the Theory of Everything
A biography of the eighth-century monk Bede, focusing on his vast interest in learning and writing about the world he lives in.
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