This article argues that the historical writings of the Venerable Bede (d. 735) can also be used by scholars examining the political history of the Eastern Roman Empire in the seventh and eighth centuries. Although Byzantinists have increasingly drawn upon texts written in Syriac, Arabic, and other eastern languages in their scholarship, sources composed in the post-Roman West have yet to be utilised to the same extent. Bede is particularly informative for the reigns of Phocas (602–10), Constans II (641–68), and Justinian II (685–95, 705–11), three emperors who were vilified in later Greek sources. By considering the near-contemporary perspectives preserved in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History and Chronicle alongside the eastern evidence, a more nuanced understanding can be reached for these emperors’ final years. Moreover, Bede’s unique reports strengthen the view that papal history should be integrated into studies of imperial politics. The papacy emerges as a loyal partisan of Phocas in 610 and an institution linked to the growing unrest against Constans in the 660s, while in the eighth century Bede recounted that Pope Constantine gave unheeded advice to Justinian prior to his downfall. In all three cases, Bede yields new insights into the ties that bound together Rome and Constantinople, further demonstrating the utility of Latin sources for reconstructing events in the Mediterranean, even at the end of Late Antiquity.

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比德、教皇和君士坦丁堡皇帝

本文认为，Venerable Bede (d. 735) 的历史著作也可以被学者们用来研究 7 世纪和 8 世纪东罗马帝国的政治史。尽管拜占庭主义者在他们的学术研究中越来越多地使用以叙利亚语、阿拉伯语和其他东方语言编写的文本，但在后罗马时代的西方文献还没有得到同样程度的利用。比德对福卡斯 (602-10)、君士坦斯二世 (641-68) 和查士丁尼二世 (685-95, 705-11) 的统治尤其有用，这三位皇帝在后来的希腊文献中受到诽谤。通过考虑比德的《教会历史和编年史》中保存的近现代观点以及东方证据，可以对这些皇帝的最后几年达成更细致的理解。而且，比德独特的报告强化了教皇历史应该融入帝国政治研究的观点。教皇在 610 年作为 Phocas 的忠实党派出现，并成为与 660 年代对康斯坦斯日益增长的骚乱有关的机构，而在 8 世纪，贝德讲述了教皇康斯坦丁在查士丁尼倒台之前给了他不被重视的建议。在所有这三个案例中，比德都对罗马和君士坦丁堡之间的联系产生了新的见解，进一步证明了拉丁资源在重建地中海事件中的效用，即使在古代晚期也是如此。而在 8 世纪，Bede 讲述了教皇康斯坦丁在查士丁尼垮台之前给了他不被重视的建议。在所有这三个案例中，比德都对罗马和君士坦丁堡之间的联系产生了新的见解，进一步证明了拉丁资源在重建地中海事件中的效用，即使在古代晚期也是如此。而在 8 世纪，Bede 讲述了教皇康斯坦丁在查士丁尼垮台之前给了他不被重视的建议。在这三个案例中，比德对罗马和君士坦丁堡之间的联系产生了新的见解，进一步证明了拉丁资源在重建地中海事件中的效用，即使在古代晚期也是如此。