Medievalists.net » Bede http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Cast of Bede’s skull rediscovered http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/cast-of-bedes-skull-rediscovered/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/cast-of-bedes-skull-rediscovered/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:06:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60951 ‘The Skull of Bede’ exhibition opened yesterday at Bede’s World, Jarrow

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/cast-of-bedes-skull-rediscovered/feed/ 0 How an Early Medieval Historian Worked: Methodology and Sources in Bede’s Narrative of the Gregorian Mission to Kent http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/25/early-medieval-historian-worked-methodology-sources-bedes-narrative-gregorian-mission-kent/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/25/early-medieval-historian-worked-methodology-sources-bedes-narrative-gregorian-mission-kent/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:50:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56458 This dissertation examines the methods and sources employed by Bede in the construction of his account of the Gregorian mission, thereby providing an insight into how an early medieval historian worked.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/25/early-medieval-historian-worked-methodology-sources-bedes-narrative-gregorian-mission-kent/feed/ 0 The Old English Translation of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum in its Historical and Cultural Context http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/14/old-english-translation-bedes-historia-ecclesiastica-gentis-anglorum-historical-cultural-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/14/old-english-translation-bedes-historia-ecclesiastica-gentis-anglorum-historical-cultural-context/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:43:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56176 Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (HE), written c. 731, enjoyed a great popularity among the Anglo-Saxons and Carolingians and was one of the most popular texts in medieval Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/14/old-english-translation-bedes-historia-ecclesiastica-gentis-anglorum-historical-cultural-context/feed/ 0 Soldier saints and holy warriors: Warfare and sanctity in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53811 This study examines hagiographers' changing literary tropes as subtle but important reflections of medieval Christianity's evolution from rejecting the sword to tolerating and even wielding it. H

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Bede’s Temple as History http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:13:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53699 Another IHR paper, this time, a talk given about Bede’s writing and his interest in the image of the Temple and its relation to Christianity. This paper also examined how Bede’s views shifted over time. How did Bede view Judaism? Was he truly ambivalent?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/feed/ 0 The Uses Made of History by the Kings of Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:15:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50942 The kings of medieval England, besides using history for the entertainment of themselves and their courts, turned it to practical purposes. They plundered history-books for precedents and other evidences to justify their claims and acts. They also recognised its value as propaganda, to bolster up their positions at home and strengthen their hands abroad.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/feed/ 0 The derivation of the date of the Badon entry in the Annales Cambriae from Bede and Gildas http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/05/derivation-date-badon-entry-annales-cambriae-bede-gildas/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/05/derivation-date-badon-entry-annales-cambriae-bede-gildas/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:04:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48086 The battle of Badon [Bellum Badonis], in which Arthur carried the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ for three days and three nights on his shoulders and the Britons were victorious.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/05/derivation-date-badon-entry-annales-cambriae-bede-gildas/feed/ 0 Burning Idols, Burning Bridges: Bede, Conversion and Beowulf http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/burning-idols-burning-bridges-bede-conversion-beowulf/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/burning-idols-burning-bridges-bede-conversion-beowulf/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2014 14:42:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47963 This article will re-examine some of the information in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, completed in AD 731, on the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in the late sixth and seventh centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/burning-idols-burning-bridges-bede-conversion-beowulf/feed/ 0 The Role of Bishops in Anglo-Saxon Succession Struggles, 955 x 978 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/31/the-role-of-bishops-in-anglo-saxon-succession-struggles-955-x-978/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/31/the-role-of-bishops-in-anglo-saxon-succession-struggles-955-x-978/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:15:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47173 With these words the anonymous author of the Vita Sancti Oswaldi, now believed to be Byrhtferth of Ramsey, depicts the situation after the death of King Edgar in 975.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/31/the-role-of-bishops-in-anglo-saxon-succession-struggles-955-x-978/feed/ 0 Depictions of the Scots in the Arthurian Legend http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/depictions-of-the-scots-in-the-arthurian-legend/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/depictions-of-the-scots-in-the-arthurian-legend/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:40:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46897 Depictions of the Scots in the Arthurian Legend Diana Jefferies Journal of the Sydney Society for Scottish History: Vol 14 (2013) Abstract This paper will explore how motifs of Scotland and Scottishness are portrayed in medieval versions of the Arthurian Legend. I will discuss how the context of what is alleged to be the first […]

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