Bede
/biːd/
/biːd/
(also the Venerable Bede)
- (c. 673-735) an English monk and historian. At his monastery in Jarrow in north-east England, he wrote many books, the most important of which, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written in Latin, was the first serious work of English history.
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