Complete Historical Works of the Venerable Bede

by Bede

The Venerable Bede’s ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ is considered to be one of the most important sources on Anglo-Saxon history, playing a key role in the development of an English national identity and establishing its author as ‘The Father of English History’. Bede was a skilled linguist and translator and his work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons, contributing significantly to English Christianity. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This eBook presents Bede’s complete extant historical works, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bede's life and works * Features the complete extant historical works of Bede, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introductions to the historical works * Includes A. M. Sellar’s translation of Bede’s ‘The Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the chapters you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Bede's rare historical works and letters, first time in digital print * Provides a special dual English and Latin text of ‘The Ecclesiastical History of the English People’, allowing readers to compare the sections chapter by chapter – ideal for students * Features a bonus biography – discover Bede's Anglo-Saxon world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles The Translations THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE THE LIFE AND MIRACLES OF SAINT CUTHBERT, BISHOP OF LINDISFARNE LIVES OF THE HOLY ABBOTS OF WEARMOUTH AND JARROW THE BOOK OF THE HOLY PLACES THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD THE LIFE OF THE HOLY CONFESSOR SAINT FELIX THE EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE THE LIFE OF ST. VEDAST, BISHOP OF ARRAS AN EPISTLE FROM BEDE TO ABBOT ALBINUS, RELATING TO HIS ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AN EPISTLE TO BISHOP EGBERT, CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE The Latin Text CONTENTS OF THE LATIN TEXT The Dual Text DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXT The Biographies BEDE by William Hunt Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Genres: History, Christianity, Catholic, Religion

1769 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2009

About the author

born perhaps 673

Saxon theologian Bede, also Baeda or Beda, known as "the Venerable Bede," wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation , a major work and an important ancient source, in 731 in Latin and introduced the method from the birth of Jesus of dating events.

People referred to Saint Bede, a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and at its companion of Saint Paul in modern Jarrow in the kingdom, for more than a millennium before canonization. Most fame of this well author and scholar gained him the title as "the father.”

In 1899, Leo XIII, pope, made Bede a doctor of the Church, a position of significance; only this native of Great Britain achieved this designation; from Italy, Saint Anselm of Canterbury originated.
Bede, a skilled linguist, moreover translated the Greek of the early Church Fathers, and his contributions made them significantly much more accessible to his fellow Christians. Monastery of Bede accessed a superb library, which included Eusebius and Orosius.

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vital history of the Dark Ages, although it is not a history of kings and battles - the focus of Bede's work is on the history of the early Christian church as it gradually imposed itself on a traumatised country. Useful introductions and scene-setting added in by the publishers, in addition to the updating of the original language of the author. The paucity of other surviving texts from this time of the early Anglo-Saxons creeping dominance over England makes this a fascinating read.

[Hayden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This took me a long time to finish, but I enjoyed reading it quite a lot. Among the historical narratives of "this guy was made bishop of this place and founded this monastery" were some really fun saint-miracle stories: e.g. this guy prayed and the wind changed direction putting out a fire in the city, the dirt where this guy's blood fell cured sickness, drinking water with splinters from a beam this guy held up healed people, this guy heard an angel choir tell him he had 7 days to live, a reliquary with this dead guy's hair healed an eye tumor.

Also, the correct day to celebrate Easter REALLY matters!

[w gall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of info about early English and British saints. I don't share his views on the dating of Easter, on the Pope's authority on the matter, or on the importance of the issue. I'm not Roman Catholic; I'm Orthodox.

[Ben Brodt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who doesn't love the venerable Bede? TBH I only read the ecclesial history so I'm not sure what else is included in this