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

by Bede

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192838660
• ISBN13: 9780192838667
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 5.1"