Studies in the Middle Ages
The last three talks in this series are intended to illustrate three decisive moments of change in the history of Western Christendom by a consideration of the life and writings of Bede (d. 735). Anselm (d. 1109). Eckhart (d 1327)
10: Bede by R. W. SOUTHERN
Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford Bede. the monk of Jarrow, was the most influential writer of his day and the first Englishman who understood the past and could view it as a whole.