Bede as a Classical and a Patristic Scholar
M. L. W. Laistner
Among the many and complex problems with which history of Europe in Middle Ages—and especially earlier period Ages—teems is character intellectual heritage transmitted to medieval men from classical later Roman imperial times. The topic has engaged attention scholars, amongst them greatest eminence, so that much fifty years ago was still dark uncertain now clear beyond dispute. Yet old notions misconceptions die hard, books approximating textbook class. In a recently published volume on Ages intended for university freshmen there excellent abreast most recent investigations; but sections early education scholarship seem show author never read anything subject than Mullinger's Schools Charles Great.
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