Table of Contents

Preface Scott DeGregorio; Chronological table; Part I. Bede's Life and Context: 1. Bede's life in context Michelle Brown; 2. Secular and political contexts James Campbell; 3. The world of Latin learning Rosalind Love; 4. Church and monastery in Bede's Northumbria Sarah Foot; 5. British and Irish contexts Clare Stancliffe; 6. The foundation of Bede's Wearmouth-Jarrow Ian Wood; Part II. Bede's Writings: 7. Bede and education Calvin B. Kendall; 8. Bede and science Faith Wallis; 9. Bede and the Old Testament Scott DeGregorio; 10. Bede and the New Testament Arthur G. Holder; 11. Bede and preaching Lawrence T. Martin; 12. Bede and history Alan Thacker; Part III. Reception and Influence: 13. The cult of Bede David Rollason; 14. Bede and the continent in the Carolingian Age and beyond Joshua Westgard; 15. Bede and later Anglo-Saxon England Sharon Rowley; 16. The Englishness of Bede, from then to now Allen J. Frantzen; Further reading.

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A key introductory guide for students to Bede's cultural world, his writings, and his reputation in later times.

About the Author

Scott DeGregorio is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. He has published extensively on Bede as a biblical exegete and church reformer. His books include, as editor, Innovation and Tradition in the Writings of the Venerable Bede, and as translator, Bede: On Ezra and Nehemiah, which won the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists' prize for best edition/translation published in Anglo-Saxon studies, 2005–7.

Reviews

'For students of Bede, this is a most valuable book.' New Directions

'… this text, especially with its excellent further readings and bibliography, should be the first port of call for anyone seeking to engage with Bede or his world.' The Medieval Review

'This Cambridge Companion is a work of genuine and substantial learning, and fully worthy of its subject.' Northern History

'This volume of expert essays on Bede and his legacy expounds received rather than experimental 'paradigms of understanding'.' Jordon Wales, Religious Studies Review

'A welcome contribution to the field.' The Review of English Studies