The monk and later saint known as the venerable Bede is known for his writings, both historical and from a christian perspective. All that aside his lasting contributions to m…ankind has to be his surviving written historical accounts of the early dark ages. ( Full Answer )
Bede refers to having a wife twice, each time in passing andrelating to how conjugal duties distract (in e first case in hiscommentary on the epistles) or formerly distracted …(in hiscommentary on Luke) him from his prayers. There has been littlescholarly discussion of these two allusions though Benedicta Wardhas suggested that they might be in some sense allegorical. We knowfrom elsewhere that some of the brothers at Jarrow in Bede's timewere untonsured and he never tells us that he was a monk (he becamea deacon at 19 and a priest at 30 but in his day celibacy was notyet a requirement for priesthood). Alex Woolf, University of St Andrews ( Full Answer )
Bede Okigbo has written: 'Development of sustainable agricultural production systems in Africa' -- subject(s): Agricultural systems, Agriculture, National agricultural resea…rch systems, Research, Sustainable agriculture 'Nigerian universities' -- subject(s): Agriculture, Economic aspects of Agriculture, Economic aspects of Higher education, Higher Education ( Full Answer )
Bede Reynolds has written: 'Let's mend the mess!' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholic authors, Christian life, Doctrines 'A rebel from riches' -- subject(s): Biograph…y, Monks ( Full Answer )
Bede Sheppard has written: 'Schools and armed conflict' -- subject(s): Violence against, Right to education, Students, Law and legislation, Children and war, Military occupa…tion, Protection of civilians, School buildings, War, Prevention, Teachers ( Full Answer )