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The Age of Bede

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The Age of Bede — Bede.

Author: Bede

  • 144 chapters
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    1Introduction
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 92 min    2Bede: Life Of Cuthbert
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    3CHAPTER 1: How the holy child Cuthbert was warned by an infantand told that he would be a bishop
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    4CHAPTER 2: How he was lamed by a disease of the knee andimmediately cured by an angel
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    5CHAPTER 3: How the winds changed at his prayer and the rafts, whichhad been carried away, were brought back safe to land
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    6CHAPTER 4: How, when he was with some shepherds, he saw the soul ofSt Aidan borne heavenward by angels
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    7CHAPTER 5: How God provided food for him on a journey
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    8CHAPTER 6: Boisil’s prophecy. Cuthbert arrives at Melrose, is welcomed and remains there
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    9CHAPTER 7: How he entertained an angel and, in seeking to give him earthly food, was rewarded in turn with bread from he
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    10CHAPTER 8: How Cuthbert was cured of a disease, and how the dying Boisil prophesied what was in store for him
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    11CHAPTER 9: How Cuthbert was most assiduous in preaching the word
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    12CHAPTER 10: How after he had spent the whole night praying in the sea, animals ministered unto him as he came out of the
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    13CHAPTER 11: How he promised a calm sea to some sailors cut off by a storm and how his prayer for food was answered
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    14CHAPTER 12: How on a journey he foretold that provisions would be brought by an eagle
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    15CHAPTER 13: How, while preaching to the people, he foresaw that the devil would send a phantom fire, and how he put it o
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    16CHAPTER 14: How Cuthbert checked the flames of a house that was really on fire
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    17CHAPTER 15: How he exorcized the wife of a sheriff even before he reached her
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    18CHAPTER 16: How he lived and taught in the monastery at Lindisfarne
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    19CHAPTER 17: How he banished demons from the Farne Island and built himself a dwelling-place there
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    20CHAPTER l8: How his prayer brought forth water out of the dry land. His life as a hermit
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    21CHAPTER 19: How, at a word, he drove the birds away from the crops he had sown with his own hands
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    22CHAPTER 20: How the ravens said their prayers and brought the man of God a gift to make up for the harm they had done
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    23CHAPTER 21: How even the sea served him
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    24CHAPTER 22: How he exhorted many who came to him to the ways of salvation and pointed out the weaknesses in the snares o
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    25CHAPTER 23: How Abbess Aelfflaed and one of her nuns were cured by his cincture
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    26CHAPTER 24: What he predicted about King Ecgfrith in answer to Aelfflaed. He foretells his own consecration
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    27CHAPTER 25: How as bishop elect he cured the ailing servant of one of the king’s bodyguards with holy water
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    28CHAPTER 26: His way of life as a bishop
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    29CHAPTER 27: How he saw in spirit, though absent from the scene, the destruction of King Ecgfrith, as he had predicted
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    30CHAPTER 28: How he predicted his own death to Hereberht the hermit
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    31CHAPTER 29: He sends a priest with holy water to the wife of a bodyguard of the king
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    32CHAPTER 30: He cures a girl of pains in the head and side by anointing her with oil
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    33CHAPTER 31: How a sick man was healed with bread blessed by Cuthbert
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    34CHAPTER 32: How, on a journey, he restored to life a youth who was brought to him dying
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    35CHAPTER 33: How, when the plague was on, he restored a dying boy to his mother
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    36CHAPTER 34: How he beheld being carried heavenwards the soul of a man who had been killed in a fall from a tree
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    37CHAPTER 35: How he gave water the flavour of wine simply by tasting it
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    38CHAPTER 36: How certain brethren who had disobeyed him were held back by a storm at sea
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    39CHAPTER 37: The temptations he suffered while ill and the instructions he gave about his burial just before he died
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    40CHAPTER 38: How, though sick himself, he healed his servant of diarrhoea
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    41CHAPTER 39: His last commands to the brethren and how, having received the viaticum, he yielded up his spirit in prayer
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    42CHAPTER 40: How, in accordance with the prophecy contained in the psalm they sang as he died, the monks of Lindisfarne w
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    43CHAPTER 41: How a lotion made from the soil on to which the water used to wash Cuthbert’s body had been poured was used
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    44CHAPTER 42: How his body was found incorrupted eleven years later
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    45CHAPTER 43: Eadberht is buried in Cuthbert’s tomb beneath a sarcophagus containing Cuthbert’s remains
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    46CHAPTER 44: A sick man is cured by praying at the tomb
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    47CHAPTER 45: How his shoes healed a paralytic
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    48CHAPTER 46: How Felgild the hermit was cured of a swelling in the face by some of the covering of Cuthbert’s cell wall
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    49Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    50CHAPTER 1: The birth of Wilfrid and its portent [634]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    51CHAPTER 2: He chooses God in boyhood [648]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    52CHAPTER 3: He longs to visit the threshold of St Peter, Prince of the Apostles
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    53CHAPTER 4: Archbishop Dalfinus makes him most welcome
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    54CHAPTER 5: How he reaches the See of St Peter in safety
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    55CHAPTER 6: He receives the Roman form of tonsure from Archbishop Dalfinus. The archbishop’s martyrdom [658]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    56CHAPTER 7: The welcome he receives from Alhfrith
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    57CHAPTER 8: Alhfrith gives him the monastery at Ripon [c. 660]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    58CHAPTER 9: Bishop Agilberht ordains him priest [c. 663]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    59CHAPTER 10: The conflict between St Wilfrid the priest and Bishop Colman over the Easter Question [663/4; cf. Bede.Histo
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    60CHAPTER 11: Wilfrid is elected to the episcopacy [664]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    61CHAPTER 12: How he comes to be consecrated in Gaul [664]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    62CHAPTER 13: The Lord delivers our bishop and his companions from the sea and from the hands of pagans [666; cf. Bede iv,
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    63CHAPTER 14: Chad, meanwhile, is ordained to Wilfrid’s see [666]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    64CHAPTER 15: He regains his see [669]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    65CHAPTER 16: The restoration of the church at York [669–71]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    66CHAPTER 17: The building and dedication of the church at Ripon [671–8]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    67CHAPTER 18: He restores a child to life
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    68CHAPTER 19: The king’s victory over the fierce Picts[671–3]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    69CHAPTER 20: Ecgfrith’s victory over the king of Mercia [673–5]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    70CHAPTER 21: Our bishop’s virtue
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    71CHAPTER 22: The building of the house of God at Hexham [672–8]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    72CHAPTER 23: He heals a half-dead boy
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    73CHAPTER 24: How envy is stirred up against our bishop and he is driven from his see [678]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    74CHAPTER 25: Bishop Winfrid of Lichfield is robbed
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    75CHAPTER 26: His journey takes him to Friesland
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    76CHAPTER 27: The king refuses the price set upon Wilfrid
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    77CHAPTER 28: Wilfrid is welcomed by kings Dagobert and Perctarit [679]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    78CHAPTER 29: Our bishop’s letters are received by the most blessed pope Agatho and the holy synod[679]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    79CHAPTER 30: The text of the petition
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    80CHAPTER 31: Pope Agatho’s answer
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    81CHAPTER 32: The synod’s reply
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    82CHAPTER 33: OUR bishop returns [680]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    83CHAPTER 34: The king flouts the decisions of the Holy See [680]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    84CHAPTER 35: Wilfrid encourages his brethren
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    85CHAPTER 36: Of the house lit up by God
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    86CHAPTER 37: He heals a woman
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    87CHAPTER 38: His chains fall off him
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    88CHAPTER 39: How the queen falls ill and is healed [681]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    89CHAPTER 40: Wilfrid is welcomed by Berhtwald [681]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    90CHAPTER 41: The conversion of the pagans of Selsey [681–6: cf. Bede, History iv, 13J
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    91CHAPTER 42: Ceadwalla becomes king[686;cf. Bede, History iv, 16]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    92CHAPTER 43: How peace was made with Archbishop Theodore [686–7]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    93CHAPTER 44: King Aldfrith receives our bishop [686–7]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    94CHAPTER 45: Enmity is stirred up between Wilfrid and Aldfrith [691–2]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    95CHAPTER 46: The council at Austerfield2 [702–3: not in Bede]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    96CHAPTER 47: He discovers their trap
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    97CHAPTER 48: Wilfrid returns to Aethilred [c. 703]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    98CHAPTER 49: We are excommunicated
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    99CHAPTER 50: His voyage to Rome [c. 703]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    100CHAPTER 51: The text of the petition
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    101CHAPTER 52: Pope John declares that the writings of his predecessors are to be examined
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    102CHAPTER 53: [The appeal is heard?704]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    103CHAPTER 54: [Letter of Pope John]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    104CHAPTER 55: Wilfrid is ordered to return home and brings back the holy relics [704]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    105CHAPTER 56: Our patron falls sick and St Michael appears to him [705]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    106CHAPTER 57: The return crossing [705]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    107CHAPTER 58: King Aldfrith despises him and meets his doom
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    108CHAPTER 59: [Death of AIdfrith – 704/5]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    109CHAPTER 60: [Synod of Nidd, 706]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    110CHAPTER 61: [Peace at last]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    111CHAPTER 62: [Wilfrid’s illness – c. 708]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    112CHAPTER 63: [Last instructions – 709]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    113CHAPTER 64: [Future of his monasteries]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    114CHAPTER 65: [Death of Wilfrid, 709]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    115CHAPTER 66: [Burial of Wilfrid]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    116CHAPTER 67: [The fire at Oundle]
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    117CHAPTER 68: The sign of the rainbow arc
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    118CHAPTER 1
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    119CHAPTER 2
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    120CHAPTER 3
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    121CHAPTER 4
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    122CHAPTER 5
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    123CHAPTER 6
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    124CHAPTER 7
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    125CHAPTER 8
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    126CHAPTER 9
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    127CHAPTER 10
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    128CHAPTER 11
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    129CHAPTER 12
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    130CHAPTER 13
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    131CHAPTER 14
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    132CHAPTER 15
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    133CHAPTER 16
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    134CHAPTER 17
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    135CHAPTER 18
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    136CHAPTER 19
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    137CHAPTER 20
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    138CHAPTER 21
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    139CHAPTER 22
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    140CHAPTER 23
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    141The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 48 min    142The Voyage of St Brendan
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 113 min    143Further Reading
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    144Index
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min

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