Bede's Historiae : genre, rhetoric, and the construction of Anglo-Saxon church history /: genre, rhetoric, and the construction of Anglo-Saxon church history. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vicky Gunn.
• Other Names: Gunn, Vicky
• Contents: Understanding Bede's audience -- The historical and contemporary context of Northumbrian hagiography and historiae production -- Bede's agenda revisited : monastic superiority in the Ecclesiastical history -- Bede's approach to the genre of historia -- A case of generic discomfort : Bede's History of the abbots -- A case of innovation within generic boundaries : Bede's Martyrology -- Bede's compositional techniques in the genre of ecclesiastical history.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk Rochester, NY : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Subjects: 270; Christian literature, English (Old) -- History and criticism; Christian saints -- Biography -- History and criticism; Littérature chrétienne anglaise (vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique; RELIGION -- Christianity -- History; HISTORY -- Medieval; Christian literature, English (Old); Christian saints -- Biography; Historiography; Technique; Kirchengeschichtsschreibung; The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Bede); England -- Church history -- 449-1066 -- Historiography; England -- Church history -- 449-1066 -- Sources; Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 449-1066 -- Historiographie; Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 449-1066 -- Sources; England; Großbritannien; Biography; Biographies; Church history; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sources; Biographies; Biographies; Technique; Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846156939; 1846156939; 1282987739; 9781282987739
• Related ISBNs: 9781843834656; 1843834650
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-252) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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