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Available
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Publication
Penguin Classics (1988), Paperback, 256 pages
Description
This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede s Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith.
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Original publication date
1965 (original translation)
1983 (revised edition with new introduction by D. H. Farmer)
2004 (reprint)
Physical description
256 p.
ISBN
0140444378 / 9780140444377
Local notes
Bede: Life of Cuthbert. Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid. Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow with Voyage of St. Brendan