The problems of chronology in Bede’s England through the Epistula ad Pleguinam

Authors

  • José Antonio González Marrero Universidad de La Laguna
  • Francisca Del Mal Plaza Picón Universidad de La Laguna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23808/rel.v10i0.87838

Keywords:

Bede; chronology; reckoning time; epistolography.

Abstract

In this study, we aim to show how a letter of Bede, the Epistula ad Pleguinam de aetatibus saeculi, serves to support the transmission of scientific knowledge as if it was a matter of theory or treatise. We will analyze the characteristics in this letter with attention to its structure and contents, because through dialog and the synthesis, obvious foundations of one letter, Bede converts it into a small chronological treatise. The chronology is the base of any great story of the world for which the monk of Jarrow utilizes the Fathers of the church as a source and developing, following its contents, the established postulate in 705 regarding De temporibus liber, in which the birth of Christ as 3952, not 5199 of the world’s era.  

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Published

2010-12-28

How to Cite

González Marrero, J. A. and Del Mal Plaza Picón, F. (2010) “The problems of chronology in Bede’s England through the Epistula ad Pleguinam”, Revista de Estudios Latinos, 10, pp. 117–130. doi: 10.23808/rel.v10i0.87838.

Issue

Vol. 10 (2010)

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