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26 - Minsters and Monasticism in Anglo-Saxon England

from Part II - The Carolingians to the Eleventh Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

By
Christopher Andrew Jones
Edited by
Alison I. Beach  and
Isabelle Cochelin
Alison I. Beach
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Isabelle Cochelin
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

As the most famous monk of the early English church, the Venerable Bede (d. 735) has for centuries shaped perceptions of Anglo-Saxon monastic life, both through his portraits of exemplary monks or nuns and through the charisma of his authorial voice, which blends piety and humility with authority. The two influences converge in the famous postscript to his Historia ecclesiastica

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West , pp. 502 - 518
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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