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The Venerable Bede

The Venerable Bede
This twelfth-century representation of the eighth-century monk cannot pretend to an accurate likeness but shows that later ages respected Bede as a scholar. Note the knife in one hand to sharpen the pen in the other (The British Library)

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 Dinesh
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The finest representative of Northumbrian and indeed all Anglo-Saxon scholarship is the Venerable Bede (ca673-735) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede The simplicity of Bede’s life illustrates his greatness. Given by his parents when he was seven years old as an ‘oblate,’ or “offering” to Benet Biscop’s monastery at Jarrow five miles away. There, surrounded by the books Benet Biscop had brought from Italy. Bede spent the rest of his life.

Bede’s scrupulous observance of the ‘Rule of Saint Benedict’ expressed his deep piety. His days were punctuated only by the bells for choir and other religious duties. As a scholar, his patience and diligence reflected deep love of learning. . . .

Modern scholars praise Bede for his ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation.’ www.gutenberg.org/files/38326/38326-h/38326-h.html Broader in scope than the title suggests, it is the chief source of information about Britain. Bede searched far and wide in his information, discussed the validity to his evidence, compared various sources and exercised a rare critical judgement. For these reasons, he has been called “the first scientific intellect among the Germanic people of Europe”

Bede was probably the greatest master of chronology in the Middle ages. . . . Bede introduced the term ‘anno-Domini,’ -- “in the year of the Lord,” abbreviated A.D. He fit the entire history of the world into this new dating method. (The reverse, or diminishing, dating system of B.C., “Before Christ,” does not seem have been widely used before 1700. . . . .

This twelfth-century representation of the eighth-century monk cannot pretend to an accurate likeness but shows that later ages respected Bede as a scholar. Note the knife in one hand to sharpen the pen in the other (The British Library)

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 John FitzGerald
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Very helpful information, Dinesh. Thank you.
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Thanks for reading
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