
Two Lives of St. Cuthbert
Bertram Colgrave(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 12. September 1985
Book
Hardback
388 pages
978-0-521-30925-7 (ISBN)
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Description
These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the secular history of the golden age of Northumbria and the historic shift from Celtic to Roman ecclesiastical practice which took place after the Synod of Whitby. Cuthbert was very much in the Irish monastic tradition. He adopted Roman usages, becoming prior and eventually bishop of Lindisfarne, but the essential nature of his commitment changed little and he lived for much of his later life as a hermit on the island of Farne, with the birds as his only companions. The two lives make an interesting contrast: the earlier, anonymous Life of 698-705 is clear, concise and rich in Lindisfarne tradition, viewing Cuthbert as no more than the great saint of his own house. Bede's prose Life of 721, however, is polished, literary, more than twice as long and altogether more didactic; treating Cuthbert as a model from which to draw lessons about how to be a perfect bishop and monk. Taken together, the lives vividly evoke the character of a remarkable churchman and provide a compelling picture of early monastic life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-30925-7 (9780521309257)
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Content
Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Manuscripts; 2. Scriptural quotations; 3. Vita Sancti Cuthberti Auctore Anonymo; 4. Vita Sancti Cuthberti Auctore Beda; Notes; Index; Concordance of the three lives; Addendum.