The World of Bede by Peter Hunter Blair (PDF)

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An engaging and accessible introduction to the writings and intellectual development of the Venerable Bede (d.735), this book (originally published in 1970) is available again for the enjoyment of all those interested in the early medieval world. With an updated preface and supplementary bibliography by Michael Lapidge, the book is based almost entirely on primary sources, particularly Bede’s own writings. The book surveys the fragmented state of Britain after the Anglo-Saxon conquests, tracing the – sometimes faltering – rebirth of Christianity from the time of St. Augustine through to the glories of the golden age of Northumbria in the eighth century. What was Bede’s contribution to the growth of scholarship? Why is his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People still so highly regarded? How did Bede see his own age? What traditions most influenced him? Peter Hunter Blair answers all these questions, assessing Bede sympatheticaly in all the fields in which he was active, as teacher, orthographer, moral philospher, grammarian, theologian, natural scientist and, above all, as our first modern historian.

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⭐This reprint of the 1970 classic provides a very accessible introduction into the intellectual background and writings of the venerable Bede. It is based on the written history of Bede and his times and mentions but does not rely on archealogical evidence to support its description of this early flowering of enlightenment in a dark time.The text has held up well in the past 30 years and it provides great insight into the history of the English as Bede knew it, Bede’s intellectual environment in which he wrote his works on various topics, and, of course, on the history of the church in England.It reads as a tour guide book to the physical and mental territory in which Bede lived and wrote. Not too hagiographic – but it does assume at least a passing familiarity with Bede’s more famous works.

⭐dense, readable, surprising, and highly relevant in today’s political climate

⭐If you are interested in Bede, his History, and the world he lived in, then this is the only book for you. Very detailed. Useful for the specialist reader, too.

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