{"product_id":"ecclesiastical-history-volume-ii-books-4-5-lives-of-the-abbots-letter-to-egbert","title":"Ecclesiastical History, Volume II: Books 4–5. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert","description":"Abbatial annals of medieval England.\n\nBede “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.\n\nBede’s theological works were chiefly commentaries, mostly allegorical in method, based with acknowledgment on Jerome, Augustine, Ambrose, Gregory, and others, but bearing his own personality. In another class were works on grammar and one on natural phenomena; special interest in the vexed question of Easter led him to write about the calendar and chronology. But his most admired production is his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation. Here a clear and simple style united with descriptive powers to produce an elegant work, and the facts diligently collected from good sources make it a valuable account. Historical also are his Lives of the Abbots of his monastery, the less successful accounts (in verse and prose) of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert his pupil (November 734), so important for our knowledge about the Church in Northumbria.\n\nThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Bede’s historical works is in two volumes.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0674992733\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0674992733.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bede|King, John Edward\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41735851180090,"sku":"DBV.0674992733.G","price":27.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0674992733-0.jpg?v=1791598744","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ecclesiastical-history-volume-ii-books-4-5-lives-of-the-abbots-letter-to-egbert","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}