How, when, and why did Bede write his Ecclesiastical history? / Richard Shaw.
| Author/creator | Shaw, Richard, 1977- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York , NY : Routledge, [2021] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
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| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Shaw, Richard, 1977- How, when, and why did Bede write his Ecclesiastical history? Abingdon, Oxon ; New York , NY : Routledge, [2021] 9780367077341 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021035662 |
| ISBN | 9780429663666 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780429022425 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |