
'With God's help, I, Bede ... have assembled these facts about the history of the Church in Britain ... from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge' Written in AD 731, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is the...

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede's most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, in which Bede examines the Roman...


Ecclesiastical History of the English People is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally. The main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity. Divided into five books, the Ecclesiastical History covers...

Bede was born around 672 or 673 in lands most probably part of Monkwearmouth monastery, located in present-day Sunderland. At the age of seven he was sent to Monkwearmouth monastery to be educated and later joined Abbot Ceolfrith at the Jarrow monastery. When plague struck...

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede's most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History , this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle , in which Bede examines the Roman...



Ecclesiastical History of the English PeopleBy Bede

Bede's Ecclesiastical History Of England is a historical text written by A. M. Sellar. The book provides a detailed account of the early Christian Church in England, from the arrival of St. Augustine in 597 AD to the death of King Oswy in 670 AD. Bede, a monk and scholar, is...


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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin: Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum), written by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism...

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"Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum" from Beda Venerabilis. Bede (672-735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth.



Bede's history of England, with a particular focus on the Christian Churches and the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity. Completed in 731, this work established Bede as the "father of English history".
