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... Bede's near contemporaries took a perverse delight in standing it on its head by describing Northumbria as Saxonia , as did abbot Adomnan of Iona and Bede's own abbot Hwaetbert . It seems probable that the dif- ferences between the ...
... Bede's near contemporaries took a perverse delight in standing it on its head by describing Northumbria as Saxonia , as did abbot Adomnan of Iona and Bede's own abbot Hwaetbert . It seems probable that the dif- ferences between the ...
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... Bede's criticism was soundly based but it is wise to bear in mind the exaggeration to which even so judicious and scholarly a man might be prone when he adopted a homilectic tone . That the Church needed more bishops and more parish ...
... Bede's criticism was soundly based but it is wise to bear in mind the exaggeration to which even so judicious and scholarly a man might be prone when he adopted a homilectic tone . That the Church needed more bishops and more parish ...
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... Bede's purpose and were consequently relegated to the background ; the historian of later days may regret that Bede did not see fit to inform us of many matters which he took for granted but of which we are ignorant , but it is ...
... Bede's purpose and were consequently relegated to the background ; the historian of later days may regret that Bede did not see fit to inform us of many matters which he took for granted but of which we are ignorant , but it is ...
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THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN | 1 |
THE FIRST PHASE | 8 |
EPILOGUE 342 | 9 |
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abbot accepted Aethelbald Aethelberht Aethelred Aethelred's Aethelweard Aethelwold Alfred's Anglo-Saxon England archbishop Athelstan attack authority battle became Bede Bede's Benedict Biscop Bernicia bishop Boniface Britain British Britons Canterbury Celtic Charlemagne Christian Chronicle Church churchmen Cnut Cnut's conquest continued court Danelaw Danes Danish death defeated Deira Dunstan Eadric Streona ealdorman early East Anglia ecclesiastical Ecgfrith Edgar Edmund Edward Edward the Elder Egbert eighth century English established estates evidence Frankish Frisians Gaul Gildas heathen important Ireland Irish Kent Kentish killed King Alfred king's kingdom kingship land later Lindisfarne London lord maintained Mercia Midlands military mission missionary monasteries monks ninth century northern Northumbria Offa Offa's Oswald Oswiu pagan Penda Picts political Pope priests province reign Roman Rome royal rule rulers secure settled settlement seventh century shire southern England subjects successor Swein synod territorial Thames thegns tion victory Viking Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby Wilfrid York