Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Author | : Bede |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2008-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1904799310 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781904799313 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ecclesiastical History of the English People written by Bede and published by . This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome, large-format paperback edition set in elegant type with generous margins. The venerable Bede (AD 672-735) was not the first historian of the British Isles, but he was the first to to list and master his documentary and oral sources. For a man who travelled little, he showed a great depth of understanding about the outside world, informing himself by commissioning others to copy documents in the Papal Regista and various episcopal and monastic archives.