![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the earliest important English prose writer, he concentrated on the Bible but did not neglect science and history. His writings summarized much of the thought of learning at the time. He remained at Jarrow for the rest of his life.Ī contemporary of the unknown author of Beowulf, Bede was fascinated by a broad range of ideas. A diligent student, he took full advantage of the library at Jarrow, in time becoming a priest, teacher, and scholar at the monastery. As a child of seven, he entered the nearby monastic school of Jarrow on the river Tyne. Although he wrote 40 books on a variety of subjects, his reputation would be secure on the basis of a single book- his Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum.īede was born in Wearmouth (now the city of Sunderland) on the northeast coast of England. Bede was the most learned scholar of his day not only in England but in all of Western Europe. Much of the what the world knows about England before 700 AD is based on a history written in Latin by Benedictine monk, Bede, who is often called the father of English history. “A History of the English Church and People” was complete about 731 AD. ![]()
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