IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 701: Bede: Intellectual Landscapes, III - Northumbria in the Age of Bede
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Research Centre, University of Leicester |
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| Organisers: | Peter Darby, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester Máirín MacCarron, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Moderator/Chair: | Julia Steuart Barrow, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 701-a | Æthelthryth and Hild in the Historia Ecclesiastica (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Women's Studies |
| Paper 701-b | The Cleansing of the Temple in the Works of Bede (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 701-c | Aidan et al.: The Irish Bishops of Northumbria (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Abstract | This strand explores the cultural and intellectual contexts that shaped the production or reception of Bede's works. Session III concerns the intellectual culture of Bede's Northumbria: paper -a (Mac Carron) examines Bede’s accounts of the lives of two prominent Northumbrian women, Æthelthryth and Hild; paper -b (O'Brien) uses Bede's interpretations of the gospel accounts of Christ's cleansing of the Temple to shed light upon the ecclesiastical culture of early 8th-century Northumbria; paper -c (McCann) offers a new perspective upon Bede's attitude towards the Irish bishops who held office in Northumbria in the 7th century. |