Overview
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is recognized as a masterpiece among the historical literature of medieval England and Europe. Completed in 731, it comprises in a single flowing narrative a coherent history of the conversion of the English peoples to Christianity, and the story of the island kingdoms and churches from the 590s to the early eighth century, prefaced by a sketch of the earlier history of Britain. In 1969 the Clarendon Press published the new edition in Oxford Medieval Texts, edited by Bertram Colgrave and Sir Roger Mynors. Mynors's masterly text and textual introduction replaced much of Charles Plummer's great edition of 1896; but the historical notes did not attempt to match in scale and detail Plummer's second volume of commentary. To fill this gap the late Professor J. M. Wallace-Hadrill devoted the last years of his life to a new commentary, one of the finest and most mature fruits of his scholarship - more succinct than Plummer, tauter, more relevant, above all drawing together and adding to the findings of a galaxy of modern scholars. Prepared for the press by Thomas Charles-Edwards, helped by Patrick Wormald and others, this book completes the new Bede, and is prefaced by a paper characteristic of Professor Wallace-Hadrill on `Bede and Plummer'.
Full Product Details
Author: J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (late Professor of Modern History, late Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford) ,
T. Charles-Edwards ,
J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (late Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.444kg
ISBN: 9780198221746
ISBN 10: 0198221746
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 01 April 1993
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
an outstanding work of synthesis and originality ... With admirable conciseness and clarity, Wallace-Hadrill summarizes modern scholarship in a wide variety of fields, from archaeology to medicine ... a fitting legacy from one of England's foremost historians. Review of English Studies Professor Wallace-Hadrill's commentary to the EHhas a secure future ... he has left us a posthumous legacy that is not only monumental in itself ... but certain of a permanent place among the books indispensable to students of Bede and his age. Journal of Ecclesiastical History Enriching our understanding and appreciation of Bede's great work. English Historical Review Brilliant insight and extraordinary learning Notes and Queries
