Archbishop Theodore
Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence

An account and examination of the career of Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (668–90).

Michael Lapidge (Edited by)

9780521480772, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 June 1995

360 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.651 kg

'… to distil from the most difficult and often apparently impenetrable sources such a picture of a major historical character, who brought to Britain the cultural heritage of the rest of Christendom, makes the book an outstanding scholarly event.' Christopher Brooke

Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (668–90), was a monk of Greek origin and extraordinary learning, who shaped the English Church into a structure it retained for a millennium. Yet until recently his early career has been unknown. This book builds on the publication of previously unprinted biblical commentaries from Theodore's Canterbury school, and establishes Theodore's cultural and spiritual background and the formation of his learning. Scholars provide a fresh account of Theodore's career and writings on diverse subjects, revealing a unique personality who brought to Anglo-Saxon England the cultural heritage of Syria, Byzantium and Rome.

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The career of Archbishop Theodore Michael Lapidge
2. The Syriac background Sebastian P. Brock
3. Theodore of Tarsus and the Greek culture of his time Guglielmo Cavallo
4. Rome in the seventh century Thomas F. X. Noble
5. Theodore, the English church and the monothelete controversy Henry Chadwick
6. The importation of Mediterranean manuscripts into Theodore's England David N. Dumville
7. Theodore and the Latin canon law Martin Brett
8. The Penitential of Theodore and the Iudicia Theodori Thomas Charles-Edwards
9. Theodore and the Passio S. Anastasii Carmela Vircillo Franklin
10. Theodore and the Laterculus Malalianus Jane Barbara Stevenson
11. Theodore and the liturgy Christopher Hohler
12. Theodore's Bible: the Pentateuch Richard Marsden
13. Theodore's Bible: the gospels Patrick McGurk
14. Theodore and Anglo-Latin octosyllabic verse Michael Lapidge
15. The Canterbury Bible glosses: facts and problems J. D. Pheifer
Index.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], British & Irish history [HBJD1]