Re-Reading Bede: The Historia Ecclisiastica In English History

Bede's Ecclesiastical History is the main source for early medieval English history; without it there would be little to say about English history in the period. In Re-Reading Bede, N.J. Hingham offers a fresh reading of Bede's history, looking at its internal construction, its political , social and cultural values and what light it throws on the history of the period, especially in the heroes it presents and the conversion of England to Christianity.