The Venerable Bede: Volume 169 (Cistercian Studies (169)) - Softcover

Ward SLG, Benedicta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879074698 ISBN 13: 9780879074692

Publisher: Cistercian Publications, 1998

Synopsis

In a short span this book contrives to be a masterly introduction to one of the major figures of early English history, in all aspects of his scholarship and personality. Students and general readers will find it invaluable, while professional scholars, not least those interested in Bede the historian, will be very grateful for the survey of his scriptural writings. Sister Benedicta combines good judgement with an almost preternatural sympathy for her subject. Her style is lucid and readable, her choice of quotations inspired.

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Review:

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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0879074698
• ISBN 13: 9780879074692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160