The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert

by Bede; McClure, Judith; Collins, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780192838667
• ISBN10: 0192838660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Starting with the invasion of Julius Caesar in the fifth century, Bede recorded the history of the English up to his own day in 731 A.D. A scholarly monk working in the north-east of England, Bede wrote the five books of his history in Latin. The Ecclesiastical History is his most famous work, and this edition provides the authoritative Colgrave translation, as well as a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, never before published in English. His Letter to Egbert gives his final reflections on the English Church just before his death. This is the only edition to include all three texts, and they are illuminated further by a detailed introduction and explanatory notes.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Introduction	ix
Note on the Translations	xxxiii
Select Bibliography	xxxiv
Map	xxxvi
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People	1	(304)
Cuthbert's Letter on the Death of Bede	299	(6)
The Greater Chronicle	305	(36)
Bede's Letter to Egbert	341	(17)
Explanatory Notes	358	(73)
Index	431