Bede
George Brown|Fred Biggs
Bede is the inaugural volume in Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 1100 CE. This presents four texts, or fascicles, dedicated Venerable (d. 735), theologian and author Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Articles provide a wealth information on through manuscript evidence, medieval library catalogs, citations, quotations. Using discussions source relationships, entries weigh consider different interpretations Bede’s works suggest possibilities for future research. Part an exciting new reference this book“and those that follow“will be indispensable anyone interested history literature period.
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