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Bede and Time : Computus, Theology and History in the Early Medieval World
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Computus, contexts and controversies -- Bede and the Insular Easter Controversy -- Bede and time: Historiography and outline of the book -- 1 De temporibus -- Tra...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2019
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| Series: | Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=5899221 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Computus, contexts and controversies -- Bede and the Insular Easter Controversy -- Bede and time: Historiography and outline of the book -- 1 De temporibus -- Transmission and terminology of Bede's works on time -- Insular computistica -- Structure and content of computistical textbooks -- De temporibus and Insular computus tradition -- Why did Bede write De temporibus? -- 2 The De temporibus chronicle -- Structure of the De temporibus chronicle -- Purpose of the De temporibus chronicle -- Terminology and titles for Bede's chronicles -- 3 Bede's Anno Mundi chronology and the 'Chronicle of 703' -- Chronography in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages -- Chronology in the Insular World -- Why did Bede use Vulgate chronology? -- Conclusion -- 4 Bede's chronicles: Contents and sources -- First to fifth world ages -- Sixth world age -- Conclusion -- 5 Nativity and Incarnation in Bede's theology of time -- Baptism, Passion and Nativity in world chronicle tradition -- Bede and counting time from the coming of Christ -- Nativity and Incarnation in Bede's thought -- Nativity and Incarnation in early medieval theology -- 6 Bede, Dionysius Exiguus and Anno Domini chronology -- Annus Domini prior to the seventh century -- Anglo-Saxon England -- Willibrord and Francia -- Bede and Annus Domini in the Historica Ecclesiastica -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Table of chapter headings in Bede's De temporibus and his principal sources -- Appendix 2: Table of key chronological events in the Chronicle of Eusebius and Jerome -- Appendix 3: Chronological comparison of Bede's chronicles -- Appendix 4: Popes in the Liber Pontificalis, De temporibus and De temporum ratione. Appendix 5: Incarnation dating clauses in the Historia ecclesiastica -- Appendix 6: Comparison of Bede's AD years in the Historia ecclesiastica with AD years calculated from his chronicles -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (223 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317175759 |
