The Copybook: Readings in history and literature

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Cuthbert and the Sorrowful Ravens by Clay Lane

The Northumbrian monk was touched by two thieving birds who repented of their misdeeds.

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Cuthbert and the Barley Reivers by Clay Lane

Bede is reminded of another great Christian saint when St Cuthbert shoos some troublesome crows from his barley crop.

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A Tale of Two Springs by Clay Lane

The way St Cuthbert found water for his island retreat confirmed that Northumbria’s church was the real thing.

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On Holy Ground by Clay Lane

A traveller went into a Shropshire pub looking for information about a patch of grass with peculiar properties.

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The Consecration of Bishop Cuthbert by St Bede of Jarrow

Cuthbert would not go to King Ecgfrith, so King Ecgfrith and his entire court had to go to Cuthbert.

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Cuthbert, the Eagle and the Fish by Clay Lane

St Cuthbert reminds a young monk that the labourer is worthy of her hire.

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