Beda: A Journey to the Seven Kingdoms at the Time of Bede

ISBN-13: 9781781853870 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str.

Henrietta Leyser

Opis

A guide to the remains of Bede's England
Written by the Oxford historian Henrietta Leyser, " Bede's England "is a gazetteer to the remaining Anglo-Saxon ruins in England, many of them from the time of the Venerable Bede. This is an invaluable window onto the world of the author of the" Ecclesiastical History of the English People." Concentrating on Bede himself (our most valuable historical source on Anglo Saxon England, and author of books that played a key role in the development of English national identity), this book is an accessible history and a guidebook simultaneously, illustrated with maps and photographs.

Recenzje

With great clarity and charm Leyser offers a bracing and necessary corrective to the notion of a cloistered life in the Dark Ages... The book is clearly and cogently organized, with an excellent referencing system of cross-referencing, and a well-designed and highly necessary index' Spectator

O autorze

Henrietta Leyser is a historian who specializes in the history of medieval England. The author of MEDIEVAL WOMEN (1998), she is an emeritus fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford.