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Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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672 or 673-735 A.D. _________________ Bede was born in 672 or 673 A.D. He himself tells us that he became a monk at an early age (7years old) and lived most of his life at Jarrow (his monastery). Scholar, teacher and writer, he wrote Biblical and other works. He translated the first portions of the Bible translated into English, including The Gospel of John. He has been described as "The Father of English History." His historical Works include Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, both in The Age of Bede (A Penguin Classic). Bede died in 735 A.D. _________________ Translated by Leo Sherley-Price. Edited
with a new Introduction and Notes by D. H. Farmer Penguin Books Translation of Ecclesiastical History of the English People copyright © Leo Sherley-Price 1955, 1968 Translation of Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's Letter On the Illness and Death of the Venerable Bede copyright © D. H. Farmer, 1990. All Right Reserved. Printed in England by Clay's Ltd., St. Ives plc. _________________
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(Written: 731 A.D.) Ecclesiastical History of the English People By The Venerable Bede This vivid account of an emerging church and nation has rightly earned Bede the title of "Father of English History." Bede: The First English Historian Written in A.D. 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the king's and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price's translation brings us an accurate and readable version, in modern English, of a unique historical document. This edition now includes Bede's Letter to Egbert concerning pastoral care in early Anglo-Saxon England, at the heart of which lay Bede's denunciation of the false monasteries; and The Death of Bede, an admirable eye-witness account by Cuthbert, monk and later Abbot of Jarrow, both translated by D. H. Farmer. ______________________________ Ecclesiastical History of the English People is available to Supporters of The Prayer Foundation.™ For more information on how to obtain your own personal copy, and for a list of other Gifts available to our Supporters, go to our page: Gifts For Contributors! ______________________________ Related Pages:
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