Life of S. Ealdhelm, first bishop of Sherborne
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: I. Why the year 705 concerns Sherborne more than any other place  1; title: II. The conquest of Wessex in 639 A.D., in which year Ealdhelm was born 10; title: III. Dorset before the West-Saxon conquest of it 16; title: IV. The Westward growth of Wessex, including the conquest of Dorset, down to 705, when Ealdhelm became Bishop of Sherborne   23; title: V. Ealdhelm's earlier life   31; title: VI. Ealdhelm's later life 40; title: VII. Ealdhelm's miracles 52; title: VIII. Ealdhelm as a teacher and literary man. His letter to Acircius   65; title: IX. Ealdhelm's treatise 'On Virginity.' His letter to Geruntius. Other letters 93; title: X. Obscurity of Ealdhelm's writings. Chronology of his works   119