Bede: The Man Who Invented England
by Edoardo Albert
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Reviews
This book succeeds in bringing Bede vividly to life while revealing the extraordinary reach of his ideas'
The Northumbrian Magazine
The book [is] as gently contemplative and wide-ranging as its subject
The Critic
Albert casts a wide net in a largely absorbing volume, which places Bede and his written work at the heart of broader religious and secular worlds
Country Life
A wonderfully learned and highly readable introduction to a man who, more than any other, can claim to be the inventor of England
Bijan Omrani, author of God is an Englishman
Gives us a picture of England in Bede’s day
Telegraph
About the Book
What is England, and who are the English?
The man who first posed and answered these questions lived 1,200 years ago in Northumberland. The Venerable Bede spent almost his whole life in two monasteries looking over the North Sea, far from the centres of civilisation. Yet he became the foremost scholar of the first millennium, writing a history that continues to illuminate the Dark Ages, while also popularising our modern dating scheme.
Faced with a Britain of competing kingdoms and peoples, it was Bede who first wrote of the English as a single people. It was his vision that created the story that has united and divided Britain ever since: an island divided into three countries.
Based on the most up-to-date research and historical and archaeological evidence, this book pieces together Bede’s life and those of the monks and nuns, warriors and kings, farmers and merchants who made up the kingdoms in the contested realm of Britain.
The Author
Edoardo Albert
Edoardo Albert is a London-based writer of Italian and Sri Lankan extraction who specialises in religion, travel and archaeology. His previous books include: Warrior: A Life of War in Anglo-Saxon Britain and Northumbria: The Lost Kingdom, both of which he co-authored with Paul Gething.
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