ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines Bede’s acuity and critical engagement with time and chronology, as evidenced in his works on computus, exegesis and history. In addition to Bede’s intellectual and devotional interests in time, however, he was interested in his personal chronology and age which he shared with readers of the Historia ecclesiastica (HE). Bede concluded the HE with a short autobiographical note in which he wrote that he entered the monastery of Wearmouth when he was seven and spent all of his life there enjoying the delights of learning, teaching and writing. Bede’s personal information is remarkable though somewhat underappreciated. Bede could have calculated when he was born through this association, as such an example of relative dating would have posed little challenge for a chronographer of his abilities.
