ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People was completed in 731. The work tells the story of the conversion of the English people to Christianity. Bede’s account is the chief source of information about English history from the arrival of St Augustine in Kent in 597 until 731.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bede was one of the greatest scholars of the Anglo-Saxon period. He produced a large number of works on subjects as varied as science, music, poetry and biblical commentary, but he is most famous for his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, one of our best-written sources for early English history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Saint Bede, known as the Venerable Bede, (born 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow, Northumbria [Eng.]-died May 25, 735, Jarrow; feast day May 25), Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist. Raised in a monastery, he was ordained a priest at age 30.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bede’s intent was to demonstrate how the English church had established itself and grown throughout England; he is clearly angered at the native Britons for their lackluster attempts at converting the invading Anglo-Saxons.