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De Natura Rerum (Bede)
''De natura rerum'' ("on the nature of things") is a treatise by the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most f ..., composed in 703 as a companion-piece to his ''De temporibus'' ('on times'). In the view of Eoghan Ahern, 'though it is an early work that does not approach the complexity and innovation of Bede's later thought, ''DNR'' provides us with an insight into the cosmological assumptions that undergird his understanding of theology and history'.Eoghan Ahern,''De Natura Rerum'', ''The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.01: Anglo Saxon England, 500-1066'', ed. by Richard William Dance and Hugh Magennis (2016). Contents The work comprises fifty-one short chapters with titles such as: # De Quadrifario dei opere (on the fourfold work of God) # De mund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', gained him the title "The Father of History of England, English History". He served at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles (tribe), Angles. Born on lands belonging to the twin monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, Monkwearmouth–Jarrow in present-day Tyne and Wear, England, Bede was sent to Monkwearmouth at the age of seven and later joined Abbot Ceolfrith at Jarrow. Both of them survived a plague that struck in 686 and killed the majority of the population there. While Bede spent most of his life in the monastery, he travelled to several abbeys and monasteries across the British Isles, even visiting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
