1. The Venerable Bede c

2. The Venerable Bede Monk at Wearmouth and Jarrow
“The Father of English History”; also wrote on music, metrics, scripture, grammar, natural phenomena, chronologies
Made new calculation of the earth’s age, began dividing Christian era into BC and AD

3. The Venerable Bede
Wrote Earth was round “like a playground ball” contrasting it with being “round like a shield”
Became known as “Venerable” just after his death but not considered for sainthood
Importance to Roman Catholicism recognized in 1899 and declared St. Bede the Venerable

4. The Ecclesiastical History

5. The Ecclesiastical History
5 books, about 400 pages
Contains ecclesiastical and political history of England from time of Caesar to its completion in 731
First 21 chapters compiled from earlier writers with legends and traditions inserted
Has 596 documented sources, including oral testimony
Bede is credited with inventing footnoting