It is the first work of history in which the AD system of dating is used.īede died in his cell at the monastery in May 735 AD. His most famous work, which is a key source for the understanding of early British history and the arrival of Christianity, is 'Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' or 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' which was completed in 731 AD. His scholarship covered a huge range of subjects, including commentaries on the bible, observations of nature, music and poetry. By the age of 19 he had become a deacon and was promoted to priest at 30. In 682 AD, Bede moved the monastery at Jarrow, where he spent the rest of his life. ecclesiastical and political history of England from the time of Julius Caesar to its. At the age of seven he was entrusted to the care of Benedict Biscop, who is 674 AD had founded the monastery of St Peter at Wearmouth. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People written in Believed to be written around 731. Nothing is known of his family background. He wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history.īede was probably born in Monkton, Durham. © St Bede - also known as the Venerable Bede - is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars.
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