The title of the Venerable Bede’s History of the English Church and People is best understood as a compound noun of the type often encountered in German. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (trans. Danube Steamship Company Captain) is a classic example of the form. This is not simply an eccentric literary conceit. Bede and his 7th Century contemporaries regarded . . . → Read More: The English Church and people: Portrait of a unique relationship
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