How, When and Why did Bede Write his Ecclesiastical History?

Author:   Richard Shaw
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032185651


Pages:   302
Publication Date:   25 September 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard Shaw
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032185651


ISBN 10:   1032185651
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   25 September 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The process and logistics of collecting and analysing material for the HE 3. Bede, Canterbury, and the origins of the HE 4. The original context for the HE: Easter and ecclesiastical authority 5. The HE after 731 6. Post-731 Northumbria and the HE 7. Conclusion: the HE's shifting purposes in context

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‘The results [of Shaw’s research] are illuminating and thought-provoking … He has read very widely and thoroughly, and his book provides an excellent overview of the current state of play in the study of Bede’s most famous work’ – Barbara Yorke, Northern History.


Author Information

Richard Shaw is Associate Professor and Chairman of the History Department at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, in Ontario, Canada. His first book, The Gregorian Mission to Kent in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History: Methodology and Sources, was published by Routledge in 2018.

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