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Translated Texts for Historians Ser.: Bede: the Reckoning of Time (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Number of Pages: 352. Publication Date: 1999-01-04. Publisher: Liverpool University Press.

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PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-100853236933

ISBN-139780853236931

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Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameBede: the Reckoning of Time

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

SubjectMedieval, Biblical Commentary / General, Christian Church / History, Subjects & Themes / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion

SeriesTranslated Texts for Historians Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight24.7 Oz

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

ReviewsThis is the first full translation of this work, and beautifully edited. Professor Wallis offers a very clear introduction and a detailed chapter by chapter commentary. This is a wonderful book. New Directions

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number29

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal529.3

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. 'Our little book about the fleeting and wave-tossed course of time...' 2. Computus as a problem-solving instrument: from the Patristic period to the time of Bede 3. Computus as pedagogy 4. Reception and diffusion 5. Principles governing this translation Bede: The Reckoning of Time Commentary Appendices 1. Bede's solar calendar 2. Bede's Dionysian Paschal tables 3a. Letter to Plegwine 3b. Letter to Helmwald 3c. Letter to Wichthed 4. Glossary of select computus terminology 5. Checklist of Manuscripts of The Reckoning of Time Bibliography

SynopsisFrom the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus - the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction - was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. Bede's The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione) was the first comprehensive treatise on this subject, and the model and reference for all subsequent teaching, discussion and criticism of the Christian calendar. The Reckoning of Time is a systematic exposition of the Julian solar calendar and the Paschal table of Dionysius Exiguus, with their related formulae for calculating dates. But it is more than a technical handbook. Bede sets calendar lore within a broad scientific framework and a coherent Christian concept of time, and incorporates themes as diverse as the theory of tides and the threat of chiliasm. This translation of the full text includes an extensive historical introduction and a chapter-by-chapter commentary. The Reckoning of Time also serves as an accessible introduction to the computus itself., In addition to a complete translation of the Venerable Bede's De temporum ratione , this volume includes an extensive historical introduction and commentary., From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus--the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction--was a matter of intense concern. Bede's The Reckoning of Time ( De temporum ratione ) was the first comprehensive treatise on this subject, and the model and reference for all subsequent teaching discussion and criticism of the Christian calendar. It is a systematic exposition of the Julian solar calendar and the Paschal table of Dionysius Exiguus, with their related formulae for calculating dates. But it is more than a technical handbook. Bede sets calendar lore within a broad scientific framework and a coherent Christian concept of time, and incorporates themes as diverse as the theory of tides and the doctrine of the millennium. This translation of the full text of The Reckoning of Time includes an extensive historical introduction and a chapter-by-chapter commentary. It will interest historians of medieval science, theology, and education, Bede scholars and Anglo-Saxonists, liturgists, and Church historians. It will also serve as an accessible introduction to computus itself. Generations of medieval computists nourished their expertise in Bede's orderly presentation; modern scholars in quest of safe passage through this complex terrain can hope for no better guide.