Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People: A Historical Commentary

ISBN-13: 9780198222699 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 336 str.

Bede; J. M. Wallace-Hadrill; J. M. Wallace-Hadrill

Opis

Since time immemorial, The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the British People (completed in 791) has been recognized as a masterpiece of medieval historical literature. This companion to the landmark 1969 Clarendon Press edition is a new commentary by the late Professor J.M. Wallace-Hadrill. Among the finest and most mature examples of Wallace-Hadrill's scholarship, the commentary unifies and enriches the findings of numerous modern scholars.

Recenzje

Professor Wallace-Hadrill's commentary to the HE has a secure future ... he has left us a posthumous legacy that is not only monumental in itself ... but certain of a permanent place among the books indispensable to students of Bede and his age.