{"title":"Books by Bede","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780140445657","title":"Ecclesiastical History of the English People","description":"\u003cb\u003e'With God's help, I, Bede ... have assembled these facts about the history of the Church in Britain ... from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in AD 731, Bede's \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical History of the English People\u003c\/i\u003e is the first account of Anglo-Saxon England ever written, and remains our single most valuable source for this period. It begins with Julius Caesar's invasion in the first century BC and goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop government and convert the people to Christianity during these crucial formative years. Relating the deeds of great men and women but also describing landscape, customs and ordinary lives, this is a rich, vivid portrait of an emerging church and nation by the 'Father of English History'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo Sherley-Price's translation from the Latin brings us an accurate and readable version of Bede's History. This edition includes \u003ci\u003eBede's Letter to Egbert\u003c\/i\u003e, denouncing false monasteries; and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Bede\u003c\/i\u003e, an admirable eye-witness account by Cuthbert, monk and later Abbot of Jarrow, both translated by D. H. Farmer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201400701106,"sku":"9780140445657","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140445657_777a70f3-969a-486f-9184-6b950582de29.jpg?v=1786011812"},{"product_id":"9780199537235","title":"The Ecclesiastical History of the English People","description":"The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede's most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, in which Bede examines the Roman Empire and contemporary Europe. His Letter to Egbert gives his final reflections on the English Church just before his death, and all three texts here are further illuminated by a detailed introduction and explanatory notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201526694066,"sku":"9780199537235","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780199537235.jpg?v=1786012661"},{"product_id":"9780674992733","title":"Ecclesiastical History, Volume II – Books 4–5. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert","description":"Abbatial annals of medieval England.   Bede  “the Venerable,” English theologian and historian, was born in AD 672  or 673 in the territory of the single monastery at Wearmouth and Jarrow.  He was ordained deacon (691–2) and priest (702–3) of the monastery,  where his whole life was spent in devotion, choral singing, study,  teaching, discussion, and writing. Besides Latin he knew Greek and  possibly Hebrew.   Bede’s theological works were chiefly  commentaries, mostly allegorical in method, based with acknowledgment on  Jerome, Augustine, Ambrose, Gregory, and others, but bearing his own  personality. In another class were works on grammar and one on natural  phenomena; special interest in the vexed question of Easter led him to  write about the calendar and chronology. But his most admired production  is his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation. Here a  clear and simple style united with descriptive powers to produce an  elegant work, and the facts diligently collected from good sources make  it a valuable account. Historical also are his Lives of the Abbots of his monastery, the less successful accounts (in verse and prose) of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert his pupil (November 734), so important for our knowledge about the Church in Northumbria.   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