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Team 7: Burgess: Question 3: Bede
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede was mean to be a book celebrating the origins and challenges faced by the Catholic church in Britain, while at the same time praised the efforts of Pope Gregory the Great. As an elite Christian monk, the audience Bede was reaching would be other educated fellows… Continue reading
Team 6, Kerzic, Question 3
By Bede’s title it seems that he is writing to the English people and intended for his book to be used as a history of their people. His writing, however, seems to be aimed at the church leaders in England to give them an understanding of the circumstances that resulted in their conversion to Christianity.… Continue reading