Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- I.3 The Earliest Charters
- I.4 Theodore of Canterbury
- I.5 Descriptions of the Holy Land
- I.6 Aldhelm
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
I.4 - Theodore of Canterbury
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- I.3 The Earliest Charters
- I.4 Theodore of Canterbury
- I.5 Descriptions of the Holy Land
- I.6 Aldhelm
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Theodore had come from Tarsus via Rome to become archbishop of Canterbury in the 660s. Bringing a great deal of knowledge with him, he had a great influence on British culture and learning, particularly that of the Church, and on ecclesiastical matters, after the reintroduction of Christianity into southern Britain. Here an excerpt is taken from a set of notes on Biblical interpretation, together with a poem in octosyllabics written for a fellow bishop.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 68 - 73Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024