Creating a gens Anglorum : social and ethnic identity in Anglo-Saxon England through the lens of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica
This thesis examines of the role of Bede in the creation of an English national identity by considering the use, re-use and transmission of the Historia Ecclesiastica across the Anglo-Saxon period. Bede's exemplary and providential history had created an image of an idealised past to inspire ch...
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University of York
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542836 |