{"product_id":"ecclesiastical-history-volume-ii-by-bede-9780674992733","title":"Ecclesiastical History, Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBede \"the Venerable,\" an English theologian and historian, was born in 672 or 673 CE 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBede's theological works were chiefly commentaries, mostly allegorical in method, based with acknowledgment on Jerome, Augustine, Ambrose, Gregory, and others, yet bearing his own unique personality. In another category were works on grammar and one on natural phenomena. His special interest in the vexed question of Easter led him to write about the calendar and chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, his most admired production is his \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical History of the English Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, a clear and simple style united with descriptive powers to produce an elegant work. The facts, diligently collected from good sources, make it a valuable account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically significant are his \u003ci\u003eLives of the Abbots\u003c\/i\u003e of his monastery, the less successful accounts (in verse and prose) of Cuthbert, and the \u003ci\u003eLetter to Egbert\u003c\/i\u003e his pupil (November 734), which is crucial for our knowledge about the Church in Northumbria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Bede's historical works is available in two volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147260309740,"sku":"9780674992733","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674992733-ecclesiastical-history-volume-ii.jpg?v=1786447538","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ecclesiastical-history-volume-ii-by-bede-9780674992733","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}