Wormald, Patrick
Times of Bede: Studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian
Written by the late Patrick Wormald, one of the leading authorities on Bede’s life and work over a 30-year period, this book is a collection of studies on Bede and early English Christian society.
- A collection of studies on Bede, the greatest historian of the English Middle Ages, and the early English church
- Integrates the religious, intellectual, political and social history of the English in their first Christian centuries.
- Looks at how Bede and other writers charted the establishment of a Christian community within a warrior society.
- Features the first map of all known or likely early Christian communities in England.
- Includes plans and illustrations of the finest early Christian church in England at Brixworth.
- An appendix considers Bede’s treatment of St. Hilda, the first great English female saint.
Keywords: HISTORY / Medieval HIS037010
- Author(s)
- Wormald, Patrick
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 312 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470692653
- Printed ISBN
- 9780631166559