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Ecclesiastical history of the English people : with Bede's letter to Egbert

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people

Print Book, English, 1990
Revised edition
Penguin, London, England, 1990