The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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Page viii
... monk , and built thereon a monastery , which he dedicated to St. Peter , on the north bank of the river Wear , and which from this circum- stance derived the name of Wearmouth . The same pious abbat , eight years after [ A.D. 682 ] ...
... monk , and built thereon a monastery , which he dedicated to St. Peter , on the north bank of the river Wear , and which from this circum- stance derived the name of Wearmouth . The same pious abbat , eight years after [ A.D. 682 ] ...
Page xv
... would certainly lead us to infer that Bede was not there himself . Moreover , he tells us in his treatise , De Natura Rerum [ 46 ] , that he was not with the monks of Jarrow who went to Rome in the year 701. It is LIFE OF BEDE . XV.
... would certainly lead us to infer that Bede was not there himself . Moreover , he tells us in his treatise , De Natura Rerum [ 46 ] , that he was not with the monks of Jarrow who went to Rome in the year 701. It is LIFE OF BEDE . XV.
Page xvi
... monk in mind and regular discipline , though not in dress , to have gone , in the year 682 , to Cambridge , where by sowing the seeds of knowledge for himself and others , by writing books and teaching the ignorant , he was of use ...
... monk in mind and regular discipline , though not in dress , to have gone , in the year 682 , to Cambridge , where by sowing the seeds of knowledge for himself and others , by writing books and teaching the ignorant , he was of use ...
Page xxv
... monk of Jarrow , from his local position , was probably unacquainted . Traces of the assistance which he derived from Canterbury are perceptible in the minute acquaintance which he exhibits not only with the topography of Kent , but ...
... monk of Jarrow , from his local position , was probably unacquainted . Traces of the assistance which he derived from Canterbury are perceptible in the minute acquaintance which he exhibits not only with the topography of Kent , but ...
Page xxvi
... monks of Lastingham furnished materials relative to the ministry of Cedd and Chad , by whose preaching the Mercians were induced to renounce paganism . The history of this kingdom is obscure , and consists of an account of its ...
... monks of Lastingham furnished materials relative to the ministry of Cedd and Chad , by whose preaching the Mercians were induced to renounce paganism . The history of this kingdom is obscure , and consists of an account of its ...
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