Bede's Temple
An Image and its Interpretation
Conor O'Brien
Reviews and Awards
Winner of the 2015-2016 Best Book Prize for the best book on a topic in Anglo-Saxon Studies by the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
"This is a fascinating, complex and nuanced book that makes a major contribution not only to Bedan studies, but to early medieval studies in general. O'Brien's interdisciplinary and synthetic approach asks readers to consider Bede's thoughts across a range of contexts and across time, as participating in the encyclopaedic project of exegesis, and as part of a communal and material lived environment." - Sharon M. Rowley, Northern History
"This monograph is well written and easy to read, engaging as subtly with complex primary texts as with the broad historiographical field." - Catholic Historical Review
"Bede's Temple: An Image and its Interpretation will soon become a feature on the bookshelves and reading lists of those working on Bede, Anglo-Saxon England and religious culture in the early Middle Ages." - Máirín Maccarron, University of Sheffield, History
"The authors views on the dates of Bedes various writings are set out in a table in the prefatory matter, which serves the purpose of making OBriens understanding of the chronology transparent for the reader. The book has been edited well and it is very readable. The author has absorbed an impressive amount of secondary material, including several under-appreciated publications by scholars such as Giovanni Caputa and Georges Tugène." - Peter Darby, Early Medieval Europe
