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    The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian...
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  • Bartholomew of Lucca, Historia Ecclesiastica Nova Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica (4th century) Evagrius...
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  • of Britain, notably named as Hengist and Horsa in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and further to legendary kings and heroes of the pre-migration...
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    et Conquestu Britanniae, Bede's 8th-century Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the 9th-century Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius, the 10th-century...
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    principal source for his reign is the early 8th-century Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum by Bede (d. 735), who claims to have derived his information...
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    over the years. Arthur is also not mentioned in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People), which dates...
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    near-contemporary version of Bede's 8th century history, the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People). Although...
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    of this work is disputed. Bede's best-known work is the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, or An Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed...
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    The first Deiran king to make an appearance in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum is Ælla, the father of the first Christian Northumbrian...
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  • Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica gives the location and name of known surviving manuscripts of Bede's most famous work, the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum...
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    where Severus also had formerly built a rampart. — Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Book I Chapter 12 Bede obviously identifies Gildas's stone...
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    Zacharias Rhetor Theodorus Lector John of Ephesus Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Flavius Josephus Saint Hegisuppus Justin Irenaeus Eusebius...
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    century. He based his account of the sub-Roman period in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (written around 731) heavily on Gildas, though he tried...
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  • for a popular account of English history modelled on the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) of Bede....
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  • Gildas' account was later repeated in chapter 13 of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. According to Gildas, the message was addressed to "Agitius"...
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    records the letter and Gregory's replies in chapter 27 of his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; this section of the History is usually known as the Libellus...
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  • was the "most glorious king" to whom Bede dedicated his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Ceolwulf was born around 695 in Northumbria. His ancestry...
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  • 2010 Lemke, Andreas: The Old English Translation of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum in its Historical and Cultural Context, Chapter II: The...
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    Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), 1878, p. 30 Bede (731). Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum [Ecclesiastical History of the English People] (in Latin)...
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    2014 Bede (1896) [written c. 731], Plummer, C. (ed.), "Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum", Venerabilis Baedae Opera Historica, Oxford Bede (c. 730)...
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    Maserfeld) in the principal source for the battle, Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. The second element of this name is the Old English word...
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  • Scotland, is a possibility. According to Bede's account in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Book I, chapter 34), Æthelfrith had won many victories...
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    Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Book 1.16. Dumville 1977, pp. 187–188 Green 2009; Padel 1994; Green 2007b, chapters five and seven. Historia Brittonum...
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  • The Historia Regum ("History of the Kings") is a historical compilation attributed to Symeon of Durham, which presents material going from the death of...
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  • English cleric Bede (c. 672–735), who used AD years in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731), popularizing the era. Bede also used – only once...
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     620), the first Mercian king mentioned by Bede in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. It is a peculiarity of the Anglo-Saxon royal names that...
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  • source for the little that is known about Ecgric's life is Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, written by the English Benedictine monk Bede in around...
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  • title comes from a list of his works at the end of his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (V.24.2): "librum epigrammatum heroico metro siue elegiaco"...
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  • Stephanus, probably soon after 710. The second source is the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum by the Venerable Bede, written in 731. One of Bede's sources...
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    London: Wells Gardner and Darton, p. 295; "Venerable Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Book...
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