About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: 8th-century biblical manuscripts, Lindisfarne Gospels, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Nestorian Stele, Libri Carolini, Codex Regius, Vita Sancti Wilfrithi, Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12, Codex Climaci Rescriptus, Lectionary 269, Vespasian Psalter, Lichfield Gospels, Codex Amiatinus, Codex Sangermanensis I, Uncial 047, Gospel Book, Stockholm Codex Aureus, Codex Tischendorfianus V, Codex Eyckensis, Codex Corbeiensis I, Otho-Corpus Gospels, Uncial 0116, Uncial 0101, Lectionary 135, Codex Beneventanus, Uncial 054, Uncial 095, Uncial 0118, Ceolfrid Bible, Uncial 0134, Papyrus 41, Uncial 0114, Lectionary 1602, Barberini Gospels, Lectionary 143, Uncial 0233, Godescalc Evangelistary, Codex Rehdigeranus, Uncial 0127, Uncial 0279, Uncial 0161, Verona Orational, Uncial 0205, Uncial 0280, Uncial 0311, Codex Usserianus II, Uncial 0256, Uncial 0234, Uncial 0298, Uncial 0126, Lectionary 1614, Uncial 0238, Vienna Coronation Gospels, Uncial 0229, Uncial 0148, Uncial 0146, Uncial 0156, Hereford Gospels, Uncial 0276, Codex Sangallensis 60, Codex Sangallensis 51, Book of Dimma, Uncial 0168, Codex Gatianum, Echternach Gospels, Durham Cassiodorus, Gregory, Moralia in Job. Excerpt: The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (in English: Ecclesiastical History of the English People) is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity. It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history. It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old. Bede's best-known work is the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, or An Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Completed in about 731, the first of the five books begins with some geogra...