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Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England by The Venerable Bede About Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England by The Venerable Bede Title: Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.html Author(s): Bede, St. ("The Venerable," c. 673-735) (Translator) Print Basis: London: George Bell and Sons, 1907 Source: Rights: Public Domain Date Created: 2000-07-25 CCEL Subjects: All; History; Classic LC Call no: BR746 LC Subjects: Christianity History By Region or Country Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England The Venerable Bede Table of Contents About This Book. p. ii Title Page. p. 1 Preface. p. 2 Introduction. p. 3 Life of Bede. p. 10 The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation. p. 16 Book I. p. 16 I. Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their ancient inhabitants. p. 16 II. How Caius Julius Caesar was the first Roman that came into Britain. [54 AD]. p. 18 III. How Claudius, the second of the Romans who came into Britain, brought the islands Orcades. p. 19 IV. How Lucius, king of Britain, writing to Pope Eleutherus, desired to be made a Christian.. p. 19 V. How the Emperor Severus divided from the rest by a rampart that part of Britain which had been recovered. p. 19 VI. Of the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians. [286 AD]. p. 20 VIII. How, when the persecution ceased, the Church in Britain enjoyed peace till the time of the . p. 21 IX. How during the reign of Gratian, Maximus, being created Emperor in Britain, returned into Gaul with a mighty army. [377 AD]. p. 21 X. How, in the reign of Arcadius, Pelagius, a Briton, insolently impugned the Grace of God. [395 AD]. p. 21 XI. How during the reign of Honorius, Gratian and Constantine were created tyrants in Britain; and soon after the former was slain in Britain, and the latter in Gaul. [407 A.D.]. p. 22 XII. How the Britons, being ravaged by the Scots and Picts, sought succour from the Romans, . p. 23 XIII. How in the reign of Theodosius the younger, in whose time Palladius was sent to the Scots that believed in Christ, the Britons begging assistance of Aetius, the consul, could not obtain it. [446 A.D.]. p. 24 XIV. How the Britons, compelled by the great famine, drove the barbarians out of their territories. p. 25 iii Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England The Venerable Bede XV. How the Angles, being invited into Britain, at first drove off the enemy; but not long after, making a league with them, turned their weapons against their allies.. p. 26 XVI. How the Britons obtained their first victory over the Angles, under the command of . p. 27 XVII. How Germanus the Bishop, sailing into Britain with Lupus, first quelled the tempest of the . p. 27 XVIII. How the same holy man gave sight to the blind daughter of a tribune, and then coming to St. Alban, there received of his relics, and left other relics of the blessed Apostles and other martyrs. [429 A.D.]. p. 28 XIX. How the same holy man, being detained there by sickness, by his prayers quenched a fire [429 A.D.]. p. 29 XX. How the same Bishops brought help from Heaven to the Britons in a battle, and then returned home. p. 30 XXI. How, when the Pelagian heresy began to spring up afresh, Germanus, returning to Britain . p. 31 XXII. How the Britons, being for a time at rest from foreign invasions, wore themselves out by civil . p. 32 XXIII. How the holy Pope Gregory sent Augustine, with other monks, to preach to the English . p. 32 XXIV. How he wrote to the bishop of Arles to entertain them. [596 A.D.]. p. 33 XXV. How Augustine, coming into Britain, first preached in the Isle of Thanet to the King of Kent, and having obtained licence from him, went into Kent, in order to preach therein. [597 A. D.]. p. 33 XXVI. How St. Augustine in Kent followed the doctrine and manner of life of the primitive Church, . p. 34 XXVII. How St. Augustine, being made a bishop, sent to acquaint Pope Gregory with what had. p. 35 XXVIII. How Pope Gregory wrote to the bishop of Aries to help Augustine in the work of God. [601 A.D.]. p. 43 XXIX. How the same Pope sent to Augustine the Pall and a letter, along with several ministers of the Word. [601 A.D.]. p. 43 XXX. A copy of the letter which Pope Gregory sent to the Abbot Mellitus, then going into Britain. [601 A.D.]. p. 44 XXXI. How Pope Gregory, by letter, exhorted Augustine not to glory in his miracles. [601 A.D.]. p. 45 XXXII. How Pope Gregory sent letters and gifts to King Ethelbert. [601 A.D.]. p. 46 iv Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England The Venerable Bede XXXIII. How Augustine repaired the church of our Saviour, and built the monastery of the blessed. p. 47 XXXIV. How Ethelfrid, king of the Northumbrians, having vanquished the nations of the Scots, . p. 48 Book II. p. 48 I. Of the death of the blessed Pope Gregory. [604 A.D.]. p. 48 II. How Augustine admonished the bishops of the Britons on behalf of Catholic peace, and to that end wrought a heavenly miracle in their presence; and of the vengeance that pursued them for their contempt. [Circ. 603 A.D.]. p. 52 III. How St. Augustine made Mellitus and Justus bishops; and of his death. [604 A.D.]. p. 54 IV. How Laurentius and his bishops admonished the Scots to observe the unity of the Holy Church, particularly in keeping of Easter, and how Mellitus went to Rome.. p. 54 V. How, after the death of the kings Ethelbert and Sabert, their successors restored idolatry; for which reason, both Mellitus and Justus departed out of Britain. [616 A.D.]. p. 56 VI. How Laurentius, being reproved by the Apostle Peter, converted King Eadbald to Christ; and how the king soon recalled Mellitus and Justus to preach the Word. [617-618A.D.]. p. 57 VII. How Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenched afire in his city. [619 AD.]. p. 58 VIII. How Pope Boniface sent the Pall and a letter to Justus, successor to Mellitus. p. 59 IX. Of the reign of King Edwin, and how Paulinus, coming to preach the Gospel, first converted his daughter and others to the mysteries of the faith of Christ. [625-626 A.D.]. p. 60 X. How Pope Boniface, by letter, exhorted the same king to embrace the faith. [Circ. 625 A.D.]. p. 61 XI . How Pope Boniface advised the king©s consort to use her best endeavours for his salvation. p. 63 XII. How Edwin was persuaded to believe by a vision which he had once seen when he was in exile. [Circ. 616 A.D.]. p. 64 XIII. Of the Council he held with his chief men concerning their reception of the faith of Christ, and how the high priest profaned his own altars. [627 A.D.]. p. 66 XIV. How King Edwin and his nation became Christians; and where Paulinus baptized them. p. 68 v Bede©s Ecclesiastical History of England The Venerable Bede XV. How the province of the East Angles received the faith of Christ. [627-628 A.D.]. p. 68 XVI. How Paulinus preached in the province of Lindsey; and of thc character of the reign of Edwin. [Circ. 628 A.D.]. p. 69 XVII. How Edwin received letters of exhortation from Pope Honorius, who also sent the pall to Paulinus. [634 A.D.]. p. 70 XVIII. How Honorius, who succeeded Justus in the bishopric of Canterbury, received the pall and letters from Pope Honorius. [634 A.D.] . p. 71 XIX. How the aforesaid Honorius first, and afterwards John, wrote letters to the nation of the Scots, concerning the observance of Easter, and the Pelagian heresy. [640 A.D.] . p. 72 XX. How Edwin being slain, Paulinus returned into Kent, and had the bishopric of Rochester conferred upon him. [633 A.D.]. p. 73 Book III. p. 74 I. How King Edwin's next successors lost both the faith of their nation and the kingdom; but the most Christian King Oswald retrieved both. [633 A.D.]. p. 74 II. How, among innumerable other miracles of healing wrought by the wood of the cross, which King Oswald, being ready to engage against the barbarians, erected, a certain man had his injured arm healed. [634 A.D.]. p. 75 III. How the same King Oswald, asking a bishop of the Scottish nation, had Aidan sent him, and granted him an episcopal see in the Isle of Lindisfarne. [635A.D.]. p. 76 IV. When the nation of the Picts received the faith of Christ. [565 A.D.]. p. 77 V. Of the life of Bishop Aidan. [635 A.D.]. p. 78 VI. Of King Oswald's wonderful piety and religion. [635-642 A.D.]. p. 79 VII. How the West Saxons received the Word of God by the preaching of Birinus; and of his successors, Agilbert and Leutherius. [635-670 A. D.]. p. 80 VIII. How Earconbert, King.