Ecclesiastical History, Volume II: Books 4-5. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert [Latin]

by Bede

Abbatial annals of medieval England.

Bede "the Venerable," English theologian and historian, was born in AD 672 or 673 in the territory of the single monastery at Wearmouth and Jarrow. He was ordained deacon (691-2) and priest (702-3) of the monastery, where his whole life was spent in devotion, choral singing, study, teaching, discussion, and writing. Besides Latin he knew Greek and possibly Hebrew.

Bede's theological works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674992733
• ISBN13: 9780674992733
• Release Date: January 1930
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.6" x 6.7"