The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed by the Venerable Bede in 731 AD, is the single most important source for the history of England in the early medieval period. Written at the monastery of Jarrow in Northumbria, it traces the conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to Christianity, the lives of early saints and bishops, and the political history of the English kingdoms from Roman times to Bede’s own day.
This founding document of English historical writing has never lost its fascination. Download the free EPUB to read the work that earned Bede the title Father of English History — the earliest and most authoritative chronicle of early medieval Britain.