A key introductory guide for students to Bede's cultural world, his writings, and his reputation in later times.

Bede (c. 673–735) was the leading intellectual figure of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and his writings had a profound influence on the development of English Chris

The essays in this book use the nine-line poem known as Cædmon's Hymn as a lens on the world of Bede's Ecclesiastical History.