Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- I.7 Riddles (Aenigmata)
- I.8 ‘Anonymous of Whitby’, The Life of Gregory the Great
- I.9 Burginda, Letter to a Young Man
- I.10 Bede, Educational Writings
- I.11 Two Lives of St Cuthbert
- I.12 Wealdhere, Letterto Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury
- I.13 Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, Letter about a Slave Girl, toForthhere, Bishop of Sherborne
- I.14 Ælfflæd of Whitby, Letter to Abbess Adolana in Germany
- I.15 Eddi, The Life of Wilfrid
- I.16 Two Lives of Ceolfrith, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow
- I.17 Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- I.18 Bede, Letter to Bishop Ecgberht
- I.19 Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow
- I.20 Felix, The Life of St Guthlac
- I.21 The Letters of Boniface’s Circle
- I.22 King Æthelbald of Mercia Grants Abbess Eadburg of Thanet Exemptionfrom Tax
- I.23 Willibald of Mainz, The Life of St Boniface
- I.24 Hugeburc of Heidenheim, The Life of Willibald, Bishop of Eichstätt
- I.25 Alchfrith, Prayer to Holy Mary
- I.26 Alcuin, The Life of St Willibrord (from the Prose and VerseVersions)
- I.27 Alcuin, Dialogue on Grammar: Two Pupils Discuss the Parts ofSpeech with Their Master
- I.28 The Coming of the Vikings and the Destruction of Lindisfarnein 793
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
I.8 - ‘Anonymous of Whitby’, The Life of Gregory the Great
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- I.7 Riddles (Aenigmata)
- I.8 ‘Anonymous of Whitby’, The Life of Gregory the Great
- I.9 Burginda, Letter to a Young Man
- I.10 Bede, Educational Writings
- I.11 Two Lives of St Cuthbert
- I.12 Wealdhere, Letterto Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury
- I.13 Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, Letter about a Slave Girl, toForthhere, Bishop of Sherborne
- I.14 Ælfflæd of Whitby, Letter to Abbess Adolana in Germany
- I.15 Eddi, The Life of Wilfrid
- I.16 Two Lives of Ceolfrith, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow
- I.17 Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- I.18 Bede, Letter to Bishop Ecgberht
- I.19 Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow
- I.20 Felix, The Life of St Guthlac
- I.21 The Letters of Boniface’s Circle
- I.22 King Æthelbald of Mercia Grants Abbess Eadburg of Thanet Exemptionfrom Tax
- I.23 Willibald of Mainz, The Life of St Boniface
- I.24 Hugeburc of Heidenheim, The Life of Willibald, Bishop of Eichstätt
- I.25 Alchfrith, Prayer to Holy Mary
- I.26 Alcuin, The Life of St Willibrord (from the Prose and VerseVersions)
- I.27 Alcuin, Dialogue on Grammar: Two Pupils Discuss the Parts ofSpeech with Their Master
- I.28 The Coming of the Vikings and the Destruction of Lindisfarnein 793
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
The Life of Gregory the Great, who died in 604 just a few years after sending Augustine to Canterbury to reintroduce Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons, was written around 705 by an anonymous writer apparently associated with the monastery of Whitby which was an important cultural centre in the seventh century. The work also provides some information about life in Britain. The Latin displays certain syntactical and orthographic idiosyncrasies which may be due to the author or the later scribe.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 105 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024