Download or read book Isidore of Seville's Etymologies: Complete English Translation written by Saint Isidore (of Seville) and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia by the seventh century bishop of Seville, an important source for the history of intellectual culture in the early middle ages, gathers together the elements of secular learning and adds a great deal of ecclesiastical information. Its wide use in medieval education is attested by the more than a thousand extant manuscripts, second only to the number of manuscripts of the Bible.Isidore sets out the etymology or true meaning of words - to him, the fundamental means to all knowledge.