Outputs (11)

Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface (2025)
Journal Article
Darby, P. (2025). Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface. Early Medieval Europe, 33(2), 244-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12764

In c.738, Saint Boniface distributed a circular letter to a broad audience of ecclesiastics in England. One response to that letter survives, written by Torhthelm, bishop of the Middle Angles (737-764). The letter is written in an allusive style and... Read More about Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface.

AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel (2025)
Journal Article
Darby, P. (in press). AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel. The Mediaeval Journal,

In early medieval Europe, many high-status women commanded great influence as abbesses of important monasteries. These women, who were often connected to local ruling elites through kinship, were responsible for managing large estates and exerting sp... Read More about AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel.

Bede the scholar (2023)
Book
Darby, P., & MacCarron, M. (Eds.). (2023). Bede the scholar. Manchester University Press

Distilling a decade of research by leading experts on the Venerable Bede, Bede the scholar investigates the Northumbrian monk's place within the wider intellectual developments of the early medieval world. Demonstrating the centrality of the Bible to... Read More about Bede the scholar.

The autobiographical statement of Bede the scholar in Ecclesiastical history 5:24 (2023)
Book Chapter
Darby, P., & MacCarron, M. (2023). The autobiographical statement of Bede the scholar in Ecclesiastical history 5:24. In P. Darby, & M. MacCarron (Eds.), Bede the scholar. Manchester University Press

The Presentation of Jerome’s First Letter to Paulinus of Nola in the Codex Amiatinus Pentateuch Diagram (2020)
Journal Article
Darby, P. (2021). The Presentation of Jerome’s First Letter to Paulinus of Nola in the Codex Amiatinus Pentateuch Diagram. Peritia, 31, 59-87. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.PERIT.5.124469

A diagram in the first quire of the Codex Amiatinus features five textual captions arranged in cruciform formation, one for each book of the Pentateuch. These are taken from Jerome's first letter to Paulinus of Nola (Epistle 53) which was written in... Read More about The Presentation of Jerome’s First Letter to Paulinus of Nola in the Codex Amiatinus Pentateuch Diagram.

Heresy and authority in Bede’s Letter to Plegwine (2020)
Book Chapter
Darby, P. (2020). Heresy and authority in Bede’s Letter to Plegwine. Cities, Saints and Communities in Early Medieval Europe (145-169). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SEM-EB.5.119626

Apocalypse and reform in Bede's De die iudicii (2018)
Book Chapter
Darby, P. (2018). Apocalypse and reform in Bede's De die iudicii. In M. Gabriele, & J. T. Palmer (Eds.), Apocalypse and reform from late antiquity to the Middle Ages (77-100). Routledge

The Codex Amiatinus Maiestas Domini and the Gospel prefaces of Jerome (2017)
Journal Article
Darby, P. (2017). The Codex Amiatinus Maiestas Domini and the Gospel prefaces of Jerome. Speculum, 92(2), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1086/690754

Bede and the Future (2014)
Book
Darby, P., & Wallis, F. (2014). P. Darby (Ed.). Bede and the Future. Ashgate

Bede's History of the Future (2014)
Book Chapter
Darby, P. (2014). Bede's History of the Future. In P. Darby, & F. Wallis (Eds.), Bede and the Future (115-138). Routledge