Bede (673–735)
Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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Works by Bede
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert (Oxford World's… (1999) 360 copies
Bede: Ecclesiastical History, Books IV-V. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert. (Loeb Classical Library No. 248) (1921) 97 copies
Ecclesiastical History of the English People: With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's Letter on the Death of Bede… (2003) 60 copies
Bede: The Reckoning of Time (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) (1999) 55 copies
Venerable Bede, The: On the Song of Songs and Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality) (2011) 54 copies
The Venerable Bede Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (Cistercian Studies Series , No 117) (1989) 49 copies
The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1847) 41 copies
Complete Historical Works of the Venerable Bede (Delphi Classics) (Delphi Ancient Classics Book 45) (2015) 12 copies
Famulus Christi: Essays in commemoration of the thirteenth centenary of the birth of the Venerable Bede (1976) 7 copies
Opera omnia 5 copies
The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Part I.1 (2008) 4 copies
The Old English Version Of Bede's Ecclesiastical History Of The English People, Part 2 (1898) (1988) 3 copies
Selections from the Old English Bede 2 copies
HOMILIES ON THE GOSPELS. VOL. 1-2 2 copies
Opera Bedae Venerabilis ... 2 copies
OPERA DIDASCALICA 2 copies
Opera historica 2 copies
The Complete Works of the Venerable Bede, Accompanied by a New Engl. Tr. of the Historical Works, and a Life of the… (2010) 2 copies
Venerabilis Baedae Historiam Ecclesiasticam Gentis Anglorum (Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England), Volume I (2003) 2 copies
Libri II De arte metrica et De schematibus et tropis =: The art of poetry and rhetoric (Bibliotheca Germanica) (1991) 2 copies
Venerabilis Baedae Historiam Ecclesiasticam Gentis Anglorum (Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England), Volume II (2003) 2 copies
On First Samuel. 1 copy
The Complete Works Of Venerable Bede: In The Original Latin, Collated With The Manuscripts, And Various Printed… (2011) 1 copy
Baedae Opera Historica. With an English Translation by J E King. Vol 1 Only: Ecclesiastical History of the English… (1930) 1 copy
Commentarii Pauli Epistolas 1 copy
Venerabilis Bedæ opera omnia 1 copy
The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People: Part II, 2 (Early English Text Society… (1997) 1 copy
The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People: Part II, 1 (Early English Text Society… (2003) 1 copy
Bedae Presbyteri Anglosaxonis Viri Eruditissimi, De Natura Rerum Et Temporum Ratione Libri 2 (1529) (Latin Edition) (2010) 1 copy
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (2021) 1 copy
Commento al Vangelo di Marco 1 copy
Bede Historical Works I 1 copy
Bede Historical Works II 1 copy
Bede: Historical Works. Volume I: Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation: Based on the Version of Thomas… (1990) 1 copy
Bedae Venerabilis Opera, Pars III: Opera Homiletica, Pars IV: Opera Rhythmica [Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina] (1955) 1 copy
Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, The Greater Chronicle, Bede's Letter to Egbert (World's… (1994) 1 copy
Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People in Latin English (SPQR Study Guides Book 20) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume I Advent Season and Christmas Season) (1974) — Contributor — 92 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 82 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 62 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 23 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Beda Venerabilis
Bede the Venerable
Baeda
Beda - Birthdate
- 0673
- Date of death
- 0735-05-25
- Burial location
- Durham Cathedral, Durham, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Place of death
- Jarrow, Northumbria
- Places of residence
- Wearmouth Monastery, Durham, England
Monkwearmouth, Durham, England
Jarrow Monastery, Durham, England - Education
- Wearmouth Monastery
Jarrow Monastery - Occupations
- monk
historian
theologian
translator - Organizations
- Roman Catholic Church
Order of St. Benedict - Awards and honors
- Canonized (1889)
Doctor of the Church (1889)
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Reviews
A foundational work on the history of the English Church. My second time reading this after a long time away. There are some incredibly inspiring stories of faith and missionary ministry here, my fave being St. Alban.
My fourth reading of Bede's magnum opus and I struggled for several reasons: it was my first time not reading my beloved Sherley-Price translation and my first time reading the History during a worldwide pandemic and very serious family health crisis. Thank goodness for the good people at LibriVox.org who had recorded an audiobook of Sellar's translation.
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- Works
- 125
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 5,229
- Popularity
- #4,769
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 32
- ISBNs
- 299
- Languages
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The earlier chapters I consider quite interesting, but the further into it I got, the harder I found it to keep my concentration. It feels repetitive in some respects, yet the aspect that made me stop reading was yet another vision being recounted as a historic fact. Some such visions occur when people are awake, while at least one happened during sleep, so in other words it was a dream.
The number of miracles recorded as facts are as tedious as they are unbelievable. For instance, the dust were Oswald, King of Northumbria, was slain was able to cure deadly illnesses, simply because Oswald was sainted.
Bede also declares that certain kings should have their names erased from history and their reigns forgotten because of their disbelief in the Christian faith. So, ‘cancel culture’ sadly existed in Anglo-Saxon times. Such omissions don’t make for good history.
This is a didactic and biased text by an early historian. I accept, of course, that the mindset of someone living in the eight century is worlds away from that of the present day. Despite this, it didn’t make this book any more enjoyable for me to read.… (more)