Bede and Time

Bede and Time

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MacCarron, Máirín
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Awarded the Irish Historical Research Prize 2021.

The Venerable Bede (c. 673–735) was the leading intellectual figure of the early Anglo-Saxon Church, and his extensive corpus of writings encompassed themes of exegesis, computus (dating of Easter and construction of calendars), history and hagiography. Rather than look at these works in isolation, Máirín MacCarron argues that Bede’s work in different genres needs to be read together to be properly understood. This book provides the first integrated analysis of Bede’s thought on time, and demonstrates that such a comprehensive examination allows a greater understanding of Bede’s writings on time, and illuminates the place of time and chronology in his other works. Bede was an outstanding intellect whose creativity and ingenuity were apparent in various genres of writing. This book argues that in innovatively combining computus, theology and history, Bede transformed his contemporaries’ understanding of time and chronology.

EAN 9781472476630
ISBN 1472476638
Binding Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date October 8, 2019
Pages 210
Language English
Dimensions 234 x 156
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors MacCarron, Mairin
Illustrations 8 Tables, black and white
Series Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland