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Bede
Bede (circa 673–735 CE), better known as The Venerable Bede, was a monk, historian, and theologian whose scholarly contributions earned him the title “Father of English History.” Born in the kingdom of Northumbria, Bede entered the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow as a child and remained there for life, dedicating himself to prayer, teaching, and extensive writing.
PeopleBede
Bede secures liberty by preserving memory, law, and learning against the erosion of time and power. By recording how faith, custom, and kingship were disciplined by shared norms and accountable authority, he affirms a quiet but decisive principle of free societies: liberty endures where institutions remember their moral origins and limits.
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Books & Works
Bede’s Opera Historica
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1930–1954 · Bede’s Opera historica, with an English translation by J. E. King. Loeb Classical Library.
Books & WorksAlso the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1907? · Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Translated by J. A. Giles. Bohn’s Antiquarian Library.
Books & WorksThe Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1910 · The ecclesiastical history of the English nation... Everyman’s Library, 1910. Includes Miracles of Saint Cuthbert and On the Death of the Abbots.
Resources
Bede’s Opera Historica
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1930–1954 · Bede’s Opera historica, with an English translation by J. E. King. Loeb Classical Library.
ResourcesAlso the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1907? · Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Translated by J. A. Giles. Bohn’s Antiquarian Library.
ResourcesThe Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1910 · The ecclesiastical history of the English nation... Everyman’s Library, 1910. Includes Miracles of Saint Cuthbert and On the Death of the Abbots.