Medieval History
New book announcement: THE OLD ENGLISH VERSION OF BEDE?S HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA SHARON M. ROWLEY The Old English version of Bede?s Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum is one of the earliest and most substantial surviving works of Old English prose. Translated anonymously around the end of the ninth or beginning of the tenth century, the text, which is substantially shorter than Bede?s original, was well known and actively used in medieval England, and was highly influential. However, despite its importance, it has been little studied. In this first book on the subject, the author places the work in its manuscript context, arguing that the text was an independent, ecclesiastical translation, thoughtfully revised for its new audience. Rather than looking back on the age of Bede from the perspective of a king centralizing power and building a community by recalling a glorious English past, the Old English version of Bede?s Historia transforms its source to focus on local history, key Anglo-Saxon saints, and their miracles. The author argues that its reading reflects an ecclesiastical setting more than a political one, with uses more hagiographical than royal; and that rather than being used as a class-book or crib, it functioned as a resource for vernacular preaching, as a corpus of vernacular saints? lives, for oral performance, and episcopal authority. UK: Boydell & Brewer, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF. Tel. 01394 610 600 Fax. 01394 610 316 Email [email protected] When ordering please quote this reference: 11283 US: Boydell & Brewer Inc, 668 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. USA Tel. 558 275 0419 Fax. 585 571 8778 Email [email protected] When ordering, please remember to mention this promotion code: $11201 List Price: £60.00/$99.00 September 2011 ISBN: 9781843842736 7 b/w & 2 line illustrations; 272 pp., cloth Anglo-Saxon Studies Series
- The Long Twelfth-century View Of The Anglo-saxon Past
Dr David Woodman and Dr Martin Brett are hosting a two-day conference on 29th - 30th March on 'The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past' at Robinson College, Cambridge, in association with the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse &...
- Call For Papers: International Congress On Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mi, May 12-15, 2016
Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15, 2016 Sponsored by Anglo-Saxon Hagiography Society (ASHS) Organizers: Johanna Kramer (University of Missouri) and Robin Norris (Carleton University) Deadline: 15 September...
- Cambridge Colloquium In Anglo-saxon, Norse And Celtic
Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Saturday, 7 March 2009 "Hidden Depths" Call for Papers The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge invites paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary postgraduate...
- New Latin Online Reading Group On Bede
The notice below was posted to Classics-L and Mediev-L by Sally Winchester (e-mail: [email protected] ), and I forward it here on her behalf. Please direct any replies or questions to her address, remembering to put "Bede" in your subject-line. For information...
- Awards
Also via ISAS news: Roy M. Liuzza, Anglo Saxon Prognostics: Texts and Studies Sharon M. Rowley, Reading the Old English Bede in Its Manuscript Contexts Andrew P. Scheil, Figures of the City in the Early Middle Ages and Beyond...
Medieval History
THE OLD ENGLISH VERSION OF BEDE?S HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA
New book announcement: THE OLD ENGLISH VERSION OF BEDE?S HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA SHARON M. ROWLEY The Old English version of Bede?s Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum is one of the earliest and most substantial surviving works of Old English prose. Translated anonymously around the end of the ninth or beginning of the tenth century, the text, which is substantially shorter than Bede?s original, was well known and actively used in medieval England, and was highly influential. However, despite its importance, it has been little studied. In this first book on the subject, the author places the work in its manuscript context, arguing that the text was an independent, ecclesiastical translation, thoughtfully revised for its new audience. Rather than looking back on the age of Bede from the perspective of a king centralizing power and building a community by recalling a glorious English past, the Old English version of Bede?s Historia transforms its source to focus on local history, key Anglo-Saxon saints, and their miracles. The author argues that its reading reflects an ecclesiastical setting more than a political one, with uses more hagiographical than royal; and that rather than being used as a class-book or crib, it functioned as a resource for vernacular preaching, as a corpus of vernacular saints? lives, for oral performance, and episcopal authority. UK: Boydell & Brewer, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF. Tel. 01394 610 600 Fax. 01394 610 316 Email [email protected] When ordering please quote this reference: 11283 US: Boydell & Brewer Inc, 668 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. USA Tel. 558 275 0419 Fax. 585 571 8778 Email [email protected] When ordering, please remember to mention this promotion code: $11201 List Price: £60.00/$99.00 September 2011 ISBN: 9781843842736 7 b/w & 2 line illustrations; 272 pp., cloth Anglo-Saxon Studies Series
- The Long Twelfth-century View Of The Anglo-saxon Past
Dr David Woodman and Dr Martin Brett are hosting a two-day conference on 29th - 30th March on 'The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past' at Robinson College, Cambridge, in association with the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse &...
- Call For Papers: International Congress On Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mi, May 12-15, 2016
Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15, 2016 Sponsored by Anglo-Saxon Hagiography Society (ASHS) Organizers: Johanna Kramer (University of Missouri) and Robin Norris (Carleton University) Deadline: 15 September...
- Cambridge Colloquium In Anglo-saxon, Norse And Celtic
Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Saturday, 7 March 2009 "Hidden Depths" Call for Papers The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge invites paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary postgraduate...
- New Latin Online Reading Group On Bede
The notice below was posted to Classics-L and Mediev-L by Sally Winchester (e-mail: [email protected] ), and I forward it here on her behalf. Please direct any replies or questions to her address, remembering to put "Bede" in your subject-line. For information...
- Awards
Also via ISAS news: Roy M. Liuzza, Anglo Saxon Prognostics: Texts and Studies Sharon M. Rowley, Reading the Old English Bede in Its Manuscript Contexts Andrew P. Scheil, Figures of the City in the Early Middle Ages and Beyond...