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Bede, OSB, also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English Benedictine monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most
The Venerable Bede writing. Detail from a 12th-century codex.
Stained glass at Gloucester Cathedral depicting Bede dictating to a scribe
Bede's tomb in the Galilee Chapel at the west end of Durham Cathedral
The Venerable Bede writing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, from a 12th-century codex at Engelberg Abbey, Switzerland
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the growth of Chris
Bede
…was an English Benedictine monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of English History". He served at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom of…
Opening of book 1: Brittania Oceani insula, cui quondam Albion nomen fuit (Britain is an island in the ocean formerly called Albion) St Petersburg, NLR, lat. Q. v. I. 18, fol. 3v
The Venerable Bede writing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, from a codex at Engelberg Abbey, Switzerland.
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