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Bede
Bede (673–735) was a monk of Jarrow in Co. Durham, a scholar whose biblical commentaries and school books were very widely read, but who is now best known for his Lives of St Cuthbert and his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Bede's History is a source of the first importance concerning those Irish clergy from Iona and elsewhere who worked to convert the English, including not only St Áedán of Lindisfarne but many less familiar names; and also for the larger number of English and even Frankish religious who came to Ireland to study in the 7th century. He is the principal source for the close Irish connections of the Northumbrian kings Oswald, Oswiu, and Aldfrith, all of them baptized and educated among the Irish. Bede was a passionate believer in the Roman position in the paschal controversy. He provides an important witness to the spread of the Roman paschal calculation in southern Ireland, its eventual adoption in the north of Ireland, and its final acceptance by the community of St Colum Cille. In spite of his own clear opinion, and his openness on the subject of the Roman position of many Irish churches, Bede's text was the subject of a Protestant reading in the 19th century that emphasized the anti‐Roman views of the ‘Celtic’ churches, treating especially Iona and its missionaries in Northumbria as early Protestants, opposed to the authoritarian orthodoxy represented by the Roman mission in southern England.
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"Bede." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bede." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Bede.html "Bede." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Bede.html |
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Bede
Bede ( Baeda, or ‘The Venerable Bede’) (673–735), historian and scholar, when young placed in the charge of Benedict Biscop, the abbot of Wearmouth. From there he went in 682 to Jarrow, where he spent most of his life. He was a diligent teacher and scholar of Latin and Greek. His Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum was finished in 731, by which time he had written nearly 40 works, mostly biblical commentaries. His early treatise De Natura Rerum, modelled on the Origines of Isidore of Seville, contains rudimentary natural science, referring phenomena to natural causes. His other influential work is the Lives of the Abbots, which gives an account of the earlier abbots in the Northumbrian Revival. (See also Anglo-Latin literature.)
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bede." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bede." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Bede.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bede." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Bede.html |
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bede
bede (prayer). An archaic form of bead.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "bede." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "bede." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-bede.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "bede." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-bede.html |
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bede. See Bead.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bede." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bede." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bede.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bede." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bede.html |
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Bede
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"Bede." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bede." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Bede.html "Bede." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Bede.html |
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