This work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; has as its main focus the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity.
The Venerable Saint Bede was an important Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian. He is generally best remembered for his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, a work considered to be one of the best sources for early English history.
Bede (672/673 - 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see ...
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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. in London, 1898. This book contains color illustrations.
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".