( the ecclesiastical history in context Higham, N. J. creator text bibliography enk London, UK New York Routledge 2006 monographic eng

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viii, 279 p. : illus., maps ; pbk ; 24 cm. "In (Re-)Reading Bede, N. J. Higham offers a fresh approach to how we should engage with this great work of history. He focuses particularly on Bede's purposes in writing it, its internal structure, the political and social context in which it was composed and the cultural values it betrays, remembering always that our own approach to Bede has been influenced to a very great extent by the various ways in which he has been both used, as a source, and commemorated, as man and saint, across the last 1300 years."--BOOK JACKET. 1. (Re-)reading Bede : an author and his audience -- 2. The Ecclesiastical history : Bede's purposes and ours -- 3. Structure, organisation and context -- 4. Message and discourse -- 5. Text and context : Bede, Ceolwulf and the Ecclesiastical history. N.J. Higham. Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272) and index. e-uk-en the Venerable, Saint Bede 673-735 Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500 Civilization, Anglo-Saxon England Church history 449-1066 274.2/02 0415353688 (pbk) 0203307100 (ebk) 2006006584 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006584.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006584.html DLC 070502 20131024144907.0 919647