About this title: This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics UK
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140447279ISBN:014044727X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 278 pgs & cover (with painting of St Cuthbert) in fine condition. Revised volume contains Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow; Eddius's Life of Wilfrid; The Voyage of St Brendan and, new to this edition, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1998-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140447279ISBN:014044727X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140447279ISBN:014044727X
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Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140444377ISBN:0140444378
Description: Very Good- 12mo. 256 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the upper right of the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps. The cover features an illumination from a twelfth-century manuscript of The Life of St Cuthbert, courtesy of the Master and Fellows of University College, Oxford. This collection contains: Bede: Life of Cuthbert; Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid; Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow; and The Voyage of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140447279ISBN:014044727X
Description: Good. The corner of the cover is missing. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140447279ISBN:014044727X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 288 pages. (288 pages) the accounts given by bede and eddius give the reader an idea of 6th and 7th century life in britain as roman episcopal orthodoxy clashed with the monasticism that was spreading over ireland and northern england. (Paperback) read more
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