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[Bede] Ward, Benedicta. The Venerable Bede. London, Geoffrey Chapman, 1998. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. IV, 156 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Includes the following chapters: Bede and his times / Bede the teacher / Bede and the Bible / Bede and the saints / Bede and the English / Bede's influence / Abbreviations and Bibliography. This text provides a comprehensive account of the writings of the Venerable Bede, locating them against his biography and the history of his age. It seeks to provide a rounded portrait of Bede as a monk and priest of Jarrow, as a loved master and teacher, and as a meditative student of the Bible. The study also traces his career as a mathematician, chronologist, Latinist and historian. (Amazon)
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Benedicta Ward is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality in the University of Oxford. Her most recent book is Anselm of Canterbury: His Life and Legacy (SPCK 2009). She is a member of the Anglican monastic community of the Sisters of the Love of God.
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Sister Benedicta's book present's Bede's knowledge and experience of these events with a poignant intimacy which both scholars and readers who have no previous knowledge of the period will find arresting and movingR. W. Southern
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- PublisherLondon, Geoffrey Chapman, 1998.
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0225668599
- ISBN 13 9780225668599
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages160
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