Ecclesiastical history of the English people : with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede

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The work Ecclesiastical history of the English people : with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Ecclesiastical history of the English people : with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede

Title remainder

with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede

Statement of responsibility

the History translated by Leo Sherley-Price ; revised by R. E. Latham ; translation of the minor works, new introduction and notes by D. H. Farmer

Creator

• Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735

Contributor

• Egbert, Saint, -766
• Farmer, David Hugh
• Latham, R. E., (Ronald Edward)
• Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
• Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth

Subject

• England -- Church history -- 449-1066

Language

• eng
• lat
• eng

Summary

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people

Member of

• Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Biography type

contains biographical information

Illustrations

• maps
• genealogical tables

Index

index present

LC call number

BR746

LC item number

.B54 1990

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Penguin Classics