Canterbury School Research Articles

Hellenic Language and Thought in Pre-Conquest England

Bede, reflecting on the success of the Canterbury school set up by Theodore of Tarsus remarked: “some of their students still alive today are as proficient in Latin and Greek as in their native tongue” [trans. Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 335]. By the time we get to the court of Alfred two hundred years later, there had been a famous decline in learning from which Greek, as a language, had not yet recovered. However, there remained a strong interest in Greek as a sacred language in liturgies, prayers and magical charms, and later in hermeneutic poetry. Theodore’s influence was not limited to Greek Language, he also brought knowledge of Maximus the Confessor and Pseudo-Dionysius. The influence of Greek mystical theology would find fuller expression in the translations associated with the court of King Alfred via contact with the Carolingian court, but the seeds for this reception in England may already have been sown. This paper will outline the evidence for the use of Greek language in a variety of contexts, including a charm for the staunching of blood, and it will examine the extent of the influence of Greek patristic thinking in Old English texts including both clerical prose and secular poetry.

Theodore of Tarsus and the Study of Computus at the Canterbury School

ABSTRACT The Irish Computus Einsidlensis (CE) of c. 700 contains a reference to a certain Theodore. This article makes the case that this Theodore should be identified with Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury from 668/9 to his death, 690, on the basis of comparison not only with other contemporary Latin versions of the same argumentum, but also Byzantine computi. The passage under discussion represents the only known computistical tract that can with confidence be ascribed to the famous Canterbury school under Theodore and Hadrian. From the evidence provided, it appears that Theodore learnt this algorithm while studying in the Byzantine Empire and introduced it through his teaching to his Canterbury audience; his Irish students brought it to Ireland, from where it got popularised on the Continent through Willibrord.

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Race-ing Plainchant: Theodore of Tarsus, Hadrian of Canterbury, and the Voices of Music History

Despite the demonstrable importance of Bede’s writings for understanding the history of music in early medieval England, his accounts of the practice and teaching of sacred music in Canterbury have attracted little attention. This article argues that Bede’s descriptions of Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury, and his colleague Abbot Hadrian indicate that their work was central to the spread of sacred music outward from Kent and into Northern England. The significance of situating the Canterbury school vis-à-vis early medieval Christian musical and devotional practice is heightened by Bede’s statements that Theodore and Hadrian were born in the Middle East and North Africa, respectively. This essay considers how a broader dissemination of this information might impact our understanding of the history of medieval music in England specifically, and the North Atlantic more broadly. Rather than including Hadrian and Theodore in the music historical narrative as a tokenistic gesture towards diversity, it is argued that acknowledging and centering their contributions assists in the larger project of reframing medieval music as the product of a multiracial, trans-European network of musicians.

Words, Meanings, and Readings: Reconstructing the Use of Gildas's De excidio Britanniae at the Canterbury School

This article investigates the manner in which Gildas’s De excidio Britanniae was being read at the Canterbury school of Theodore and Hadrian in the seventh century. Beginning with a discussion of the historical milieu of the Canterbury school, the textual history of the De excidio, and the evidence of the text’s presence at this center, this article examines the glossae collectae preserved in the Leiden Glossary that have been identified as Gildasian in an effort to gain insight into the intellectual and cultural concerns of the Anglo-Saxon scholars working there. This study argues that Gildas’s text was likely used within a pedagogical context in support of the reform agenda undertaken by Theodore and that the glossae collectae in Leiden appear to be the result of multiple independent systematic readings of the text.

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6298: a new witness of the biblical commentaries from the Canterbury School

AbstractManuscript Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6298 contains an as yet unexamined fragment of the second batch of the gospel glosses (EvII) from the biblical commentaries of the Canterbury School inserted as an addition in 3r of the manuscript. In this article, I describe this fragment, and I attempt to contextualize its insertion into the manuscript. It seems likely that the glosses were entered into the manuscript, together with some additional excerpts in the same folio, either in one of the centres in the Anglo-Saxon missionary area in Germany, where the manuscript originated, or at Freising, where the manuscript was kept at a later date.

The Hemingways at Canterbury

Hemingway has been thoroughly examined as a writer, a rogue adventurer, a husband and a lover, and as a complicated, large personality, by turns cranky and charming. A less frequently viewed aspect of the Hemingway persona is that of father to teenaged sons. From 1942 to 1949, first Patrick and then Gregory Hemingway attended Canterbury School, a lay Catholic college prep school in New Milford, Connecticut. This essay explores their relationship with their father and their mother Pauline during that time as revealed in family letters and school records. The picture of the relationship is one of affection and concern, shot through with Hemingway wit, incisive comments, and abiding interests.

III The Central Middle Ages (900–1200)

III The Central Middle Ages (900–1200)

Schoolwide Literacy and Service-Learning through the Millennium Development Goals

This paper explores the ways one school continues to enhance both literacy and service-learning through the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Over the course of their middle-school years, young adolescents at Canterbury School visit a range of sites in the community. They also explore service-learning at home and around the world by linking service-learning explicitly to academic tasks. An experiential learning unit in seventh grade allows students to understand global issues and challenges from participants’ perspectives. They then bring these perspectives to bear in service-learning and in writing assignments in the eighth-grade year.

Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian.Bernhard Bischoff

<i>Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian.</i>Bernhard Bischoff

Biblical commentaries from the Canterbury school of Theodore and Hadrian. Edited by Bernhard Bischoff and Michael Lapidge. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 10.) Pp. xiv + 612 incl. 6 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. £65. 0 521 33089 0 - The ‘Laterculus Malalianus’ and the school of Archbishop Theodore. By Jane Stevenson. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 14.) Pp.

Biblical commentaries from the Canterbury school of Theodore and Hadrian. Edited by Bernhard Bischoff and Michael Lapidge. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 10.) Pp. xiv + 612 incl. 6 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. £65. 0 521 33089 0 - The ‘Laterculus Malalianus’ and the school of Archbishop Theodore. By Jane Stevenson. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 14.) Pp. xiii + 254. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. £40. 0 521 37461 8 - Archbishop Theodore. Commemorative studies of his life and influence. Edited by Michael Lapidge. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 11) Pp. xiii + 343 incl. 2 maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. £42.50. 0 521 48077 9 - Volume 48 Issue 1

Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian. Bernard Bischoff , Michael Lapidge

<i>Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian</i>. Bernard Bischoff , Michael Lapidge

Book reviews

Armagh and the Royal Centres in Early Medieval Ireland: Monuments, Cosmology and the Past. By N. B. Aitchison. Cadbury Castle, Somerset: The Early Medieval Archaeology By Leslie Alcock, with S. J. Stevenson and C. R. Musson. The Medieval Landscape of Wessex. Edited by Michael Aston and Carenza Lewis. Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian. By Bernhard Bischoff and Michael Lapidge. The English nobility under Edward the Confessor. By Peter A. Clarke. The Old English Lives of St Margaret. By Mary Clayton and Hugh Magennis. The Martyrs of Cordoba: Community and Family Conflict in an Age of Mass Conversion. By Jessica A. Coope. Scotland in Dark Age Europe. Edited by Barbara E. Crawford. The politics of dreaming in the Carolingian Empire. By Paul Edward Dutton. The Early Medieval Bible. Edited by Richard Gameson. The Viking‐Age Gold and Silver of Scotland AD 850–1100. By James Graham‐Campbell. Medieval Listening and Reading: The Primary Reception of German Literature, 800–1300. By D. H. Green. Sidonius Apollinarus and the Fall of Rome, AD 407–485. By Jill Harries. Karl Martell in seiner Zeit. Beihefte der Francia, Band 37. Edited by J. Jarnut, U. Nonn and M. Richter. Manor, Vill and Hundred: The Development of Rural Institutions in Early Medieval Hampshire. By Eric Klingelhofer. Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh century. Decoding Virgi‐lius Maro Grammaticus. By Vivien Law. Medieval Boat and Ship Timbers from Dublin. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962–81. Series B, Volume 3. By Sean MGrail. Carolingian Culture: Emulation and Innovation. Edited by Rosamond MKitterick. Consorting with Saints: Prayer for the Dead in Early Medieval France. By Megan MLaughlin. Early Irish Contract Law. By Neil MLeod. Theodoric in Italy. By John Moorhead. Ausgewählte Probleme europäischer Landnahmen des Früh‐und Hochmit‐telalters. Methodische Grundlagendiskussion im Grenzbereich zwischen Archäologie und Geschichte. The Book of Kells: Proceedings of a Conference at Trinity College, Dublin, 6–9 September 1992. Edited by Felicity O'Mahony. The Poetic Art of Aldhelm. By Andy Orchard. Politik und Heiligenverehrung im Hochmittelalter. Edited by Jürgen Peter‐sohn Marriage in the Western Church: The Christianisation of Marriage during the Patristic and Early Medieval Periods. By P. L. Reynolds. The Formation of the Medieval West: Studies in the Oral Culture of the Barbarians. By Michael Richter. Jews, Visigoths and Muslims in Medieval Spain: Cooperation and Conflict. Medieval Iberian Peninsula Texts and Studies 10. By Norman Roth. The Reign of Cnut, King of England, Denmark and Norway. Edited by Alexander R. Rumble. The Earliest Irish and English Bookarts: Visual and Poetic forms before A. D. 1000. By Robert D. Stevick. Saints and their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul. By Raymond Van Dam.

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Disordered brown fat metabolism and thermogenesis

Foster found areas with the highest incidence of SIDS in USA in 1983–1984 coincided with the highest areas recorded with the highest incidence of goitre in First World War troops (1). Reid compared the two populations described as having the highest incidence of SIDS worldwide. Both were selenium deficient areas (King County WA, USA and Canterbury, New Zealand). Besides being a selenium livestock responsive area, Canterbury school children, prior to 1925, had a 56% incidence of goitre (2–6). Brown adipose tissue (BAT) synthesises fatty acids from glucose. BAT is a major tissue in fatty acid metabolism for the generation of heat (7). BAT has the specific property of converting thyroxine (T 4) to triodothyronine (T 3) via Type II deiodinase enzyme. There is a many fold increase in the activity of this deiodinase in BAT after exposure of rats to sudden cold, which is greatly impaired in selenium deficient animals (7). The accepted picture of SIDS worldwide is that there is an increased incidence in infants of young smoking mothers. The incidence peaks in the second and third month of life, in winter and as latitude increases.

The development of ecommists’ policy advice in New Zealand, 1930–34: with particular reference to Belshaw’s contribution

ABSTRACTPolicy–makers initially followed early Canterbury School prescriptions that favoured immediate budget balance and the rapid deflation of internal prices and wages. The 1932 Economic Committee formed a consensus favouring a policy package which had originally been formulated by Copland and Belshaw, and which included, inter alia, the gradual achievement of budget balance and the adjustment of external prices through exchange rate devaluation. A conservative Treasury line propounded by Park and Murphy emphasized sole reliance on deflationary measures but fell out of favour after 1933. Fisher’s long–run perspective did not appeal to policy–makers concerned with an immediate economic crisis.

Gender influences on concept structure interrelatedness competence

Science EducationVolume 71, Issue 1 p. 105-115 Learning Gender influences on concept structure interrelatedness competence Harold Harty, Harold Harty Indiana University, Bloomington, IndianaSearch for more papers by this authorLinda Hamrick, Linda Hamrick Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, IndianaSearch for more papers by this authorCharles Ault Jr., Charles Ault Jr. Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OregonSearch for more papers by this authorK. Samuel, K. Samuel Indiana University, Bloomington, IndianaSearch for more papers by this author Harold Harty, Harold Harty Indiana University, Bloomington, IndianaSearch for more papers by this authorLinda Hamrick, Linda Hamrick Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, IndianaSearch for more papers by this authorCharles Ault Jr., Charles Ault Jr. Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OregonSearch for more papers by this authorK. Samuel, K. Samuel Indiana University, Bloomington, IndianaSearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1987 https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.3730710113Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume71, Issue1January 1987Pages 105-115 RelatedInformation

The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066-1200. C. R. Dodwell

<i>The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066-1200</i>. C. R. Dodwell

G. R. Dodwell, The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066 - 1200

Rezension zu: G. R. Dodwell, The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066 - 1200. Cambrigde, University Press. 1954. XV, 140 S., 72 S. Taf.

The Canterbury school of illumination

The Canterbury school of illumination

Reviews

Journal Article Reviews Get access C. R. DODWELL, The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066–1200. Cambridge University Press, 1954. Pp. xvi+140. Frontispiece+72 plates (291 illustrations). 12¼×10¼ in. 84s. WALTER OAKESHOTT WALTER OAKESHOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s5-X, Issue 4, December 1955, Pages 288–290, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s5-X.4.288 Published: 01 December 1955