Venerable Bede (jan 1, 673 – jan 1, 735)

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Bede wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history. His scholarship covered a huge range of subjects, including commentaries on the bible, observations of nature, music and poetry. His most famous work, which is a key source for the understanding of early British history and the arrival of Christianity, is 'Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' or 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' which was completed in 731 AD. It is the first work of history in which the AD system of dating is used. He began from the moment that Julius Caesar first invaded Britain and continued right up to his own time.

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