Written in AD 731,Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops,monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price's translation brings us an accurate and readable version,in modern English,of a unique historical document. This edition now includes Bede's Letter to Egbert concerning pastoral care in early Anglo-Saxon England,at the heart of which lay Bede's denunciation of the false monasteries; and The Death of Bede,an admirable eye-witness account by Cuthbert,monk and later Abbot of Jarrow,both translated by D. H. Farmer.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780140445657Number of pages: 400Weight: 292 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
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