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While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern scholarship on historic methods of prayer particularly concerning Anglo-Saxon spirituality. In Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England. Clark's analysis of the works of Bede, Ælfric, and Alfred utilizes anthropologic and economic theories of exchange in order to reveal the ritualized, gift-giving relationship with God that Anglo-Saxon prayer espoused. Anglo-Saxon prayer therefore should be considered not merely within the usual context of contemplation, rumination, and meditation but also within the context of gift exchange, offering, and sacrifice. Compelling God allows us to see how practices of prayer were at the centre of social connections through which Anglo-Saxons conceptualized a sense of their own personal and communal identity.

English literature --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Prayer --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- History. --- Bede, --- Alfred, --- Aelfric, --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Aelfred, --- Alfred the Great, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede,

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The inaugural volume in the 'Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture' series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 to 1100 CE. This volume presents four texts, or fascicles, dedicated to the Venerable Bede (d. 735), theologian and author of the 'Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'. Articles provide a wealth of information on Bede through manuscript evidence, medieval library catalogs, citations, and quotations. Using discussions of source relationships, the entries weigh and consider different interpretations of Bede?s works and suggest possibilities for future research.

English literature --- History and criticism. --- Bede, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Anglo-Saxons --- 2 BEDA VENERABILIS --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- 2 BEDA VENERABILIS Godsdienst. Theologie--BEDA VENERABILIS --- Godsdienst. Theologie--BEDA VENERABILIS --- History and criticism --- Intellectual life --- Civilization --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Intellectual life. --- Anglo-Saxon England. --- Bede.

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The period from the fifth century to the eighth century witnessed massive political, social and religious change in Europe. Geographical and historical thought, long rooted to Roman ideologies, had to adopt the new perspectives of late antiquity. In the light of expanding Christianity and the evolution of successor kingdoms in the West, new historical discourses emerged which were seminal in the development of medieval historiography. Taking their lead from Orosius in the early fifth century, Latin historians turned increasingly to geographical description, as well as historical narrative, to examine the world around them. This book explores the interdependence of geographical and historical modes of expression in four of the most important writers of the period: Orosius, Jordanes, Isidore of Seville and the Venerable Bede. It offers important readings of each by arguing that the long geographical passages with which they were introduced were central to their authors' historical assumptions and arguments.

Middle Ages --- Historical geography. --- Historiography. --- Orosius, Paulus. --- Jordanes, --- Bede, --- Isidore, --- Europe --- History --- 912:930 --- 930.12 "04/14" --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- Theorie van de historische kennis:--Middeleeuwen --- 930.12 "04/14" Theorie van de historische kennis:--Middeleeuwen --- Historical geography --- Medievalists --- Geography, Historical --- Geography --- Historiography --- Orose --- Iordanes, --- Jornandès, --- Isidoro, --- Isidor, --- Isidorus, --- Seville, Isidore of, --- Sevilla, Isidoro de --- De Sevilla, Isidoro, --- Sevilla, Isidor von, --- Von Sevilla, Isidor, --- Izydor, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede, --- Rome --- Iordan, --- Иордан, --- Isidorus Hispalensis --- Isidore --- Arts and Humanities --- Middle Ages - Historiography. --- Jordanes, - active 6th century --- Bede, - the Venerable, Saint, - 673-735. --- Isidore, - of Seville, Saint, - d. 636. --- Europe - Historiography. --- Europe - History - To 476. --- Europe - History - 392-814. --- Orisio, Paulo --- Orosio --- Ūrūsyūs --- Orósio, Paulo --- Orosius, --- Oroziĭ, Pavel --- اوروسيوس --- هروشيوش، پاولوس