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Bede and the Theory of Everything (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789147889)
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Michelle P. Brown
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xAn accessible biography of the venerable Bede, regarded as the father of English history.
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the foremost scholar of the early Middle Ages and the "father of English history." It examines his notable feats, including calculating the first tide tables, creating the Ceolfrith Bibles and the Lindisfarne Gospels, writing the earliest extant Old English poetry, and composing his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English People. In addition to providing an accessible overview of Bede's life and work, Michelle P. Brown describes new discoveries regarding Bede's handwriting, his historical research, and his previously lost Old English translation of St John's Gospel, dictated on his deathbed.
Author: Michelle P. Brown
ISBN-10: 1789147883
ISBN-13: 9781789147889
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2024
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the foremost scholar of the early Middle Ages and the "father of English history." It examines his notable feats, including calculating the first tide tables, creating the Ceolfrith Bibles and the Lindisfarne Gospels, writing the earliest extant Old English poetry, and composing his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English People. In addition to providing an accessible overview of Bede's life and work, Michelle P. Brown describes new discoveries regarding Bede's handwriting, his historical research, and his previously lost Old English translation of St John's Gospel, dictated on his deathbed.
Author: Michelle P. Brown
ISBN-10: 1789147883
ISBN-13: 9781789147889
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2024
By Michelle P. Brown
xMichelle P. Brown is professor emerita of medieval manuscript studies at the University of London and was formerly curator of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library. Her books include Art of the Islands.
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