Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede was born around 672 or 673 in lands most probably part of Monkwearmouth monastery, located in present-day Sunderland.
At the age of seven he was sent to Monkwearmouth monastery to be educated and later joined Abbot Ceolfrith at the Jarrow monastery. When plague struck in 686 both survived, most others died.
As a Benedictine monk Bede spent most of his life at the monastery though occasionally h...
Bede was born around 672 or 673 in lands most probably part of Monkwearmouth monastery, located in present-day Sunderland.
At the age of seven he was sent to Monkwearmouth monastery to be educated and later joined Abbot Ceolfrith at the Jarrow monastery. When plague struck in 686 both survived, most others died.
As a Benedictine monk Bede spent most of his life at the monastery though occasionally h...
