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 ix
... received considerable augment- ations from the zeal and munificence of his successors . Bede's thirst for study was here , no doubt , satisfied : so large and valuable a library could scarcely have been within his reach elsewhere , even ...
... received considerable augment- ations from the zeal and munificence of his successors . Bede's thirst for study was here , no doubt , satisfied : so large and valuable a library could scarcely have been within his reach elsewhere , even ...
Page xxvii
... received some mate- rials from bishop Cynebert , but they appear to have been scanty , for the circumstances which relate to Lincoln . shire are generally derived from the information of other witnesses . " The history of East Saxony is ...
... received some mate- rials from bishop Cynebert , but they appear to have been scanty , for the circumstances which relate to Lincoln . shire are generally derived from the information of other witnesses . " The history of East Saxony is ...
Page xxix
... received secondary evidence with caution , for he distinguishes between the statements which he received from eye - witnesses , and those which reached him through a succession of informants . In the last of these instances , the ...
... received secondary evidence with caution , for he distinguishes between the statements which he received from eye - witnesses , and those which reached him through a succession of informants . In the last of these instances , the ...
Page xxx
... received standard . A second edition of the same volume was published in 1842. In the same year also it was introduced , to accompany the Latin text , in the second volume of an edition of the complete works of Venerable Bede , and is ...
... received standard . A second edition of the same volume was published in 1842. In the same year also it was introduced , to accompany the Latin text , in the second volume of an edition of the complete works of Venerable Bede , and is ...
Page xxxvii
... received considerable assistance from Saxon bishops , abbats and others ; who not only communicated certain traditionary facts viva voce , but also transmitted to him many written documents . These , therefore , must have been the early ...
... received considerable assistance from Saxon bishops , abbats and others ; who not only communicated certain traditionary facts viva voce , but also transmitted to him many written documents . These , therefore , must have been the early ...
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