The Venerable Bede

by Benedicta Ward, SLG

Published 1 January 1990
This text provides a comprehensive account of the writings of the Venerable Bede, locating them against his biography and the history of his age. It seeks to provide a rounded portrait of Bede as a monk and priest of Jarrow, as a loved master and teacher, and as a meditative student of the Bible. The study also traces his career as a mathematician, chronologist, Latinist and historian.