IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 201: Bede and the Future, II: The Anglo-Saxon Context
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval Research Centre, University of Leicester |
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Organiser: | Peter Darby, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester |
Moderator/Chair: | Joanna Story, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester |
Paper 201-a | Bede's Purposes in the Ecclesiastical History: The Tricky Business of Reforming the King (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought |
Paper 201-b | Why Did Bede Think Heresy Mattered? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
Paper 201-c | The Reception of Bede in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | These papers explore Bede and his works with reference to Anglo-Saxon England and its short-term or long-term future. Paper -a (Higham) considers Bede's attempts to influence the political realities of 8th-century Northumbria through the selection and presentation of material in his Historia ecclesiastica. Paper -b (Thacker) demonstrates that Bede's concerns about heresy were fundamentally linked to his vision for the ecclesiastical and political future of Anglo-Saxon England. Paper -c (Sparks) considers Bede's posthumous influence by examining the reception of passages from the Historia ecclesiastica in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. |