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Benedicta Ward

Benedicta Ward SLG (born Florence Margaret Ward, 1933) is a theologian and historian of early Christian spirituality at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. She is particularly known for her research on the Desert Fathers, popularizing the collection known as the Apophthegmata Patrum. She has also written extensively on Anselm of Canterbury and Bede.

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    First published in 1999 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1982 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto (Cistercian Studies No. 34)

    First published in 1981 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Harlots of the Desert: a study of repentance in early monastic sources

    First published in 1987 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Venerable Bede

    First published in 1990 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2014 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics)

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  • Cover of: The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection

    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Intellectual life in the Middle Ages: essays presented to Margaret Gibson

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    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers

    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Discernment in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism (Studies in Christian History and Thought)

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Subjects

History, Biography, Christianity, Monastic and religious life, Church history, Intellectual life, Spiritual life, Desert Fathers, Spiritual life, christianity, Anglo-Saxons, Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern), Bede, the venerable, saint, 673-735, Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, Early Christian literature, English Authors, Christian saints, Desert fathers, History of doctrines, Learning and scholarship, Miracles, Quotations, Quotations, maxims, Religion, Cistercians, Devotional literature

Places

England, Europe, Great Britain, 500-1500 Medieval, Canterbury, Canterbury (England), Egypt, Middle East

People

Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735), Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109), Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1090 or 91-1153)

Time

449-1066, Early church, ca. 30-600, Middle Ages, 600-1500, Old English, ca. 450-1100, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066, To 1500, 1066-1485, 600-1500, Medieval, 500-1500, To 1066

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April 28, 2019 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
April 28, 2019 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
August 24, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import