The Reckoning of Time is a Medieval Latin treatise written by the Northumbrian monk Bede in 725.
Inception
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Overview
The Reckoning of Time is an English era treatise written in Medieval Latin by the Northumbrian monk Bede in 725.
Background
In mid-7th century Anglo-Saxon England, there was a desire to see the Easter season less closely tied to the Jewish Passover calendar as well as a desire to have Easter observed on a Sunday.
Continuing a tradition of Christian scholarship exploring the correct date of Easter, a generation later, Bede sought to explain the ecclesiastical reasoning behind the Synod of Whitby's decision in 664 to favor Roman custom over Irish custom.
