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
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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Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
…out not just to tell the story of the English, but to advance his views on politics and religion. In political terms he is a partisan of his native Northumbria, amplifying its role in English history over and above that of Mercia, its great southern rival. He takes greater pains in describing events of the…
Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700, featuring zoomorphic knot-work.
The Book of Kells, (folio 292r), c. 800, showing the lavishly decorated text that opens the Gospel of John
Sword pommel from the Bedale Hoard, inlaid with gold foil.
Gosforth Cross, view from the north-west