Bede’s Ecclesiastical History is our main source for early
Christian Anglo-Saxon England, but how was it written? When? And
why? Scholars have spent much of the last half century
investigating the latter question – the ‘why’. This new study
is the first to systematically consider the ‘how’ and the
‘when’. Richard Shaw shows that rather than producing the
History at a single point in 731, Bede was working on it for as
much as twenty years, from c. 715 to just before his death in 735.
Unpacking and extending the period of composition of Bede’s
best-known book makes sense of the complicated and contradictory
evidence for its purposes. The work did not have one context, but
several, each with its own distinct constructed audiences. Thus,
the History was not written for a single purpose to the exclusion
of all others. Nor was it simply written for a variety of reasons.
It was written over time – quite a lot of time – and as the
world changed during that time, so too did Bede’s reasons for
writing, the intentions he sought to pursue – and the patrons he
hoped to please or to placate.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Richard Shaw
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
302 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-218565-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-03-218565-1 |
Barcode: |
9781032185651 |
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