The Venerable Saint Bede was an important Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian. He is generally best remembered for his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, a work considered to be one of the best sources for early English history.

This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. in London, 1898. This book contains color illustrations.

This work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; has as its main focus the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity.

Bede's history of England, with a particular focus on the Christian Churches and the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity. Completed in 731, this work established Bede as the "father of English history".