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.

How, When and Why did Bede Write his Ecclesiastical History?

History

Shaw, Richard

Europe

Routledge

The Gregorian Mission to Kent in Bede's Ecclesiastical History: Methodology and Sources

Hard Way Home

Children's Books

Dutton Childrens Books

Owl Book

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

The Owl Book

Warne

There is something odd about the tiny black kitten Jenny finds on Halloween.

Kitten in the Pumpkin

Tree for rent

Albert Whitman & Company

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Dagger John: The Unquiet Life and Times of Archbishop John Hughes of New York

Paulist Press

Father Dennis Hogan, a contemporary Roman Catholic priest, attempts to come to terms with his role in the church, his personal convictions, and the temptations of social revolution and lust

The Christmas Mary Had Twins

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Al searches for his real father, half-fearing that finding him may change his life for worse.

Call me Al Raft

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