| Ecclesiastical History of the English People Contributor(s): Bede (Author), Gray, G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1904799310 ISBN-13: 9781904799313 Publisher: Tiger of the Stripe OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: The venerable Bede (AD 672-735) was not the first historian of the British Isles, but he was the first to to list and master his documentary and oral sources. For a man who travelled little, he showed a great depth of understanding about the outside world, informing himself by commissioning others to copy documents in the Papal Regista and various episcopal and monastic archives. This new edition has been carefully revised by Gerrish Gray and is beautifully typeset in Bembo type. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Church - History |
| Dewey: 274.2 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A handsome, large-format paperback edition set in elegant type with generous margins. The venerable Bede (AD 672-735) was not the first historian of the British Isles, but he was the first to to list and master his documentary and oral sources. For a man who travelled little, he showed a great depth of understanding about the outside world, informing himself by commissioning others to copy documents in the Papal Regista and various episcopal and monastic archives. |