The Venerable Bede (c. 673–735) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of the twin monastery of Wearmouth–Jarrow in Northumbria, and the most learned scholar of early medieval Europe. He wrote in Latin across history, biblical exegesis, hagiography, computus, grammar, and poetry, and is honoured as a Doctor of the Church.
His masterpiece, the Ecclesiastical History, is given complete in Sellar’s revision of Giles; the shorter historical and hagiographical works and his commentary on Revelation follow.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- Ecclesiastical History — completed 731; 140 chapters in five books, plus Preface and Continuation. (Trans. A. M. Sellar, 1907.)
Minor Historical & Hagiographical Works
- Minor Historical Works — the Life of St Cuthbert, Lives of the Abbots, Letter to Egbert, Of the Holy Places, the Letter on Bede’s death, and more. (Trans. J. A. Giles, 1843.)
Biblical Commentary
- Explanation of the Apocalypse — Bede’s commentary on Revelation (c. 710–716), 22 chapters. (Trans. Edw. Marshall, 1878.)
Homilies
- Homilies — the homily on All Saints. (Trans. J. M. Neale, 1906.)