1st Edition

Bede Part 1, Fascicles 1-4

By George Brown, Fred Biggs Copyright 2017
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Bede is the inaugural volume in the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 to 1100 CE. This volume presents four texts, or fascicles, dedicated to the Venerable Bede (d. 735), theologian and author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Articles provide a wealth of information on Bede through manuscript evidence,... Read more
Preface, Charles D. Wright Guide for Readers, Frederick M. Biggs Introduction, Educational Works, Histories, Poetry: De die iudicii, Poetry: Epigrams, Poetry: Hymns, Saints’ Lives.

Biography

George Hardin Brown is professor of English and Classics at Stanford University.
Frederick Biggs is professor of English at the University of Connecticut.