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Two Lives of St. Cuthbert (Paperback, New ed)
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Two Lives of St. Cuthbert (Paperback, New ed)
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These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the
secular history of the golden age of Northumbria and the historic
shift from Celtic to Roman ecclesiastical practice which took place
after the Synod of Whitby. Cuthbert was very much in the Irish
monastic tradition. He adopted Roman usages, becoming prior and
eventually bishop of Lindisfarne, but the essential nature of his
commitment changed little and he lived for much of his later life
as a hermit on the island of Farne, with the birds as his only
companions. The two lives make an interesting contrast: the
earlier, anonymous Life of 698 705 is clear, concise and rich in
Lindisfarne tradition, viewing Cuthbert as no more than the great
saint of his own house. Bede's prose Life of 721, however, is
polished, literary, more than twice as long and altogether more
didactic; treating Cuthbert as a model from which to draw lessons
about how to be a perfect bishop and monk. Taken together, the
lives vividly evoke the character of a remarkable churchman and
provide a compelling picture of early monastic life.
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