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Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
St Bede the Venerable († 735) · Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum · 731
English translation by John Stevens, revised by Lionel Cecil Jane (1662–1726; 1879–1932), 1723; revised edition London: J. M. Dent (Temple Classics 1903; Everyman's Library 1910). Original text: Migne, Patrologia Latina 95, 21-290.
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Footnotes omitted. Chapter headings in sentence case (the print sets them in capitals). Migne's bracketed variant readings ([Al., ...]) and marginal years are removed from the Latin. Book II, chapter 7 is misnumbered VI in the transcription and is given its right number here.
Preface (to King Ceolwulf) Book I Book II Book III Book IV Book V
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Adamnan (Adamnanus; Latin Adamnanas, Adamnanas et Adamnanas; seems diminutive of Adam; erroneous Adamandus), Saint · Adrian of Nisida · Aidan (Aedán, Aidanus), Saint · Alban, Saint, Martyr · Aldhelm (Aldhelmus or Althelm; Old English Ealdhelm (= Old Helmet), Saint · Alfred the Great · Alleluia · Arculf · Augustine, Bishop of Canterbury, Saint · Bede, the Venerable, Saint · Benedict Biscop (Baducino), Saint · Britain, Evangelization of · British Museum · Caedmon, Saint · Catechetics · Ceolfrid, Saint · Church · Columba (Colum), Saint · England · Gilda the Wise, Saint · Gregory I, Pope, Called the Great · Hilda (Hild), Saint · John Archicantor · Lawrence of Canterbury, Saint, Archbishop · Library · Lindisfarne · Marriage · Monachism · Paulinus, Bishop of York, Saint · Saint Alban · Servant of the Servants of God (Iulius of the Iulii of God) · Willibrord (Willibrordus), Saint
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cited in 32 articles Adamnan (Adamnanus; Latin Adamnanas, Adamnanas et Adamnanas; seems diminutive of Adam; erroneous Adamandus), Saint · Adrian of Nisida · Aidan (Aedán, Aidanus), Saint · Alban, Saint, Martyr · Aldhelm (Aldhelmus or Althelm; Old English Ealdhelm (= Old Helmet), Saint · Alfred the Great · Alleluia · Arculf · Augustine, Bishop of Canterbury, Saint · Bede, the Venerable, Saint · Benedict Biscop (Baducino), Saint · Britain, Evangelization of · British Museum · Caedmon, Saint · Catechetics · Ceolfrid, Saint · Church · Columba (Colum), Saint · England · Gilda the Wise, Saint · Gregory I, Pope, called the Great · Hilda (Hild), Saint · John Archicantor · Lawrence of Canterbury, Saint, Archbishop · Library · Lindisfarne · Marriage · Monachism · Paulinus, Bishop of York, Saint · Saint Alban · Servant of the Servants of God (Iulius of the Iulii of God) · Willibrord (Willibrordus), Saint
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John Stevens, revised by Lionel Cecil Jane (1662–1726; 1879–1932), 1723; revised edition London: J. M. Dent (Temple Classics 1903; Everyman's Library 1910). Digital text: English Wikisource transcription, proofread page by page against the scan "Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (tr. Jane).djvu" . Original text: Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich) TEI of the Patrologia Latina, via the CatholicCorpus mirror . Public domain in the US and Canada: translation 1723, revised edition 1903/1910; translator died 1726, reviser died 1932. Latin: Migne, PL 95 (1851), public domain.
