The History of the English Church and People has a clear polemical and didactic purpose. Divided into five books, it covers the history of England, ecclesiastical and political, from the time of Julius Caesar to the date of its completion (731). It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old. It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 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. We are thus brought very near to our author, and may have more than in most cases the assurance that we have before us what he actually meant to say. and Cotton, Tiberius A, xiv, point to a common original which cannot be far removed from Bede's autograph. dating from the eighth century (the century in which Bede died), the Moore MS. He has been the first to collate the four oldest MSS., besides examining numerous others and collating them in certain passages.
Plummer's Introduction to his edition of Bede's Historical Works. A detailed account of these, as well as of a great number of other manuscripts, will be found in Mr. (Cambridge), so called, because, after being sold by auction in the reign of William III, it came into the possession of Bishop Moore, who bequeathed it to the University of Cambridge Cotton, Tiberius A, xiv Cotton, Tiberius C, ii and the Namur MS. There are, it has been estimated, in England and on the Continent, in all about 140 manuscripts of the “Ecclesiastical History.” Of these, four date from the eighth century: the Moore MS. It is believed to have been completed in 731 when Bede was approximately 59 years old. It was originally composed in Latin, is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history and has played a key role in the development of an English national identity. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by the Venerable Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity. Sellar late Vice-Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England.
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