The Venerable Bede Alfred the Great

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The Venerable BedeAlfred the Great

• Janar Aronija

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The Venerable Bede

• Father of English History
• Spent his whole life in the monastery
• Became a priest at the age of 30
• His writings include natural history, poetry,
  Biblical translation, Latin hymns.

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Ecclesiastical History of the English People

• Only book written on Anglo-Saxon history
• Records events in Britain from the raids by
  Julius Caesar to the arrival of the first
  missionary from Rome
• The finest historical work of the early Middle
  Ages

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The Venerable Bede

• Bede died in his cell at the monastery in 735
• His tomb lies in the Norman Cathedral of Durham
• In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by
  Leo XIII

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Alfred the Great

• The only English king to be given epithet the
  Great
• He is noted for his defence against the Vikings
• Encouraged education, improved kingdoms legal
  system and military structure

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Alfred the Great

• He was born in 849 in Wantage, Oxfordshire
• Public life began with the reign of his third
  brother, king Æthelred
• Fought beside his brother to keep the invading
  Danes out
• After the death of king Æthelred, Alfred
  succeeded to the throne of Wessex

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Alfred the Great

• Translated Ecclesiastical History of the English
  People
• Restored London
• He issued a law code
• Died in 899
• Buried in New Minster

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