Bede and the Theory of Everything by Michelle P Brown

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Bede and the Theory of Everything by Michelle P Brown

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Part of Medieval Lives series

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An investigation of the life and world of Bede, 'the father of English history'.

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Bede and the Theory of Everything by Michelle P Brown

This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), foremost scholar of the early Middle Ages and 'the father of English history'. It examines his notable feats, including calculating the first tide-tables; playing a role in the creation of the Ceolfrith Bibles and the Lindisfarne Gospels; writing the earliest extant Old English poetry and the earliest translation of part of the Bible into English; and composing his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English People, with its single dating system. Despite never leaving Northumbria, Bede also wrote a guide to the Holy Land. Michelle P. Brown, an authority on the period, describes new discoveries regarding Bede's handwriting, his research programme and his previously lost Old English translation of St John's Gospel, dictated on his deathbed.
Michelle P. Brown is Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and was formerly Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library. Her books include Art of the Islands (2016) and The Lindisfarne Gospels (2003).
SKU NGR9781789147889
ISBN 13 9781789147889
ISBN 10 1789147883
Title Bede and the Theory of Everything
Author Michelle P Brown
Series Medieval Lives
Condition new
Binding type Hardback
Publisher Reaktion Books
Year published 2023-10-01
Number of pages 272
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