Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England
Author: last_name: The Venerable Bede
Language: English
Year: 1907

Bede's <i>Ecclesiastical History of England</i> is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity. It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history. It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old. Divided into five books, it covers the history of England, ecclesiastical and political, fro