Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Historia_ecclesiastica_gentis_Anglorum
gptkbp:author gptkb:Bede
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:coversPeriod from Julius Caesar's invasion to 731 AD
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Ceolwulf_of_Northumbria
gptkbp:genre ecclesiastical history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
gptkbp:impact shaped the perception of early English history
gptkbp:influenced later medieval historians
gptkbp:locationOfComposition gptkb:Monkwearmouth–Jarrow_Abbey
gptkbp:notableFor account of the Gregorian mission
biography of St. Cuthbert
earliest mention of the English people as a distinct group
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate 731
gptkbp:significance primary source for early English history
gptkbp:structure five books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Christianity_in_England
history of England
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cenwalh
gptkb:Cenwalh_of_Wessex
gptkb:Centwine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5