![]() ![]() It was, without a doubt, an early medieval best-seller.īede had several goals in writing his History, which we must remain doubly aware of given the lack of corroborating source material. The Ecclesiastical History was originally written in Latin, the language of the church, and was so popular that numerous early copies still survive from across Europe. For most of the migration and conversion periods, Bede is our only witness. It remains our principle source for Anglo-Saxon history before that date. His masterwork, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, is a history centered around the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity up to 731 when the work was completed. 673-735 and spent most of his life as a monk at the double monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow, then located in the kingdom of Northumbria in northern England. ![]() Bede was a prolific writer and a scrupulous historian. ![]()
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