Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is an early 8th-century Latin work that chronicles the religious and political history of early medieval England, particularly the spread of Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
ecclesiastical history ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
author Bede ⓘ
linked to: Venerable Bede
circulation widely copied in the Middle Ages ⓘ
commissionedBy Ceolwulf of Northumbria ⓘ
completionDate 731 ⓘ
contains hagiographical material ⓘ
miracle stories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
dateWritten early 8th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo Ceolwulf of Northumbria ⓘ
focusesOn political history ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
spread of Christianity in England ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
church history ⓘ
hasTranslation Old English translation ⓘ
numerous modern vernacular translations ⓘ
historicalReliability generally considered high for its period ⓘ
includesAccountOf Augustine of Canterbury's mission to the English ⓘ
Synod of Whitby ⓘ
conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria ⓘ
lives of early English saints ⓘ
influenced later chroniclers such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
medieval English historiography ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
notableFor detailed account of the early English church ⓘ
early use of Anno Domini dating in historical narrative ⓘ
use of documentary sources and oral testimony ⓘ
placeWritten Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey ⓘ
primarySourcesUsed documents ⓘ
earlier chronicles ⓘ
letters ⓘ
oral testimony ⓘ
regionDescribed Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
religiousPerspective Christian ⓘ
significance foundational text for the history of England ⓘ
major source for Anglo-Saxon history ⓘ
structure five books ⓘ
subject Christianization of England ⓘ
early medieval England ⓘ
history of the English people ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Roman Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
timePeriodCovered from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to 731 ⓘ
titleInLatin Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy medieval historians ⓘ
modern historians of early medieval England ⓘ

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Saint Chad → describedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Venerable Bede → notableWork → Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Venerable Bede → wrote → Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ⓘ
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Christianization of the British Isles → documentedIn → Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
linked to: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Old English translation) ⓘ
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Saxons → historicalSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Saint Oswald → describedIn → Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Saint Hilda of Whitby → describedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Jutes → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Bridei mac Bili → mentionedIn → Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ⓘ
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Angles → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Angles → mentionedIn → Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ⓘ
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Penda of Mercia → sourceDescribedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Kings of the Picts → source → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Wulfhere of Mercia → historicalSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Battle of Maserfield → historicalSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Bernicia → knownFromSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Kingdom of Bernicia → hasSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Æthelred of Mercia → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Kingdom of Deira → sourceMention → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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sub-Roman Britain → hasSource → Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ⓘ
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Oswiu of Northumbria → source → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
subject linked to: King Oswiu of Northumbria
Saint Alban → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Deira → knownFromSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
King Edwin of Northumbria → primarySource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Synod of Whitby → documentedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Saint Cedd → source → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People → titleInLatin → Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ⓘ
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Aidan of Lindisfarne → sourceDescribedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
History of the Lombards → influencedBy → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Æthelberht of Kent → source → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Bertha of Kent → historicalSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Laurence of Canterbury → historicalSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Mellitus → associatedWith → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Mellitus → source → Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Rædwald of East Anglia → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Anna of East Anglia → sourceMention → Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Battle of the River Idle → historicalSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Eorpwald of East Anglia → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Æthelhere of East Anglia → describedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Saint Ninian → knownFromSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Gesta Pontificum Anglorum → influencedBy → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Gesta Regum Anglorum → usesSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Cædmon → describedIn → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
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Diocese of Lindisfarne → primarySources → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
King of Kent → hasSource → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
linked to: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Maserfield → describedInSource → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Æthelfrith of Northumbria → source → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
Acha of Deira → source → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
linked to: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Eanfrith of Bernicia → describedIn → Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
linked to: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People