Contributors: Bede, the Venerable, Saint and Sellar, A. M.

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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England · Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition

Contents for Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England, Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition

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  1. Contents OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-1.html.xhtml#element-3
  2. Part Contents OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-1.html.xhtml#node-12
  3. Editor's Preface OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#element-4
  4. Part Introduction OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00002
  5. Part Life Of Bede OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00003
  6. Other Letter of Cuthbert to Cuthwin. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#node-61
  7. Part Errata OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00005
  8. Part Preface OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00006
  9. Part Book I OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00007
  10. Other Chap. I. Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their ancient inhabitants. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00008
  11. Other Chap. II. How Caius Julius Caesar was the first Roman that came into Britain. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00009
  12. Other Chap. III. How Claudius, the second of the Romans who came into Britain, brought the islands Orcades into subjection to the Roman empire; and Vespasian, sent by him, reduced the Isle of Wight under the dominion of the Romans. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00010
  13. Other Chap. IV. How Lucius, king of Britain, writing to Pope Eleutherus, desired to be made a Christian. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00011
  14. Other Chap. V. How the Emperor Severus divided from the rest by a rampart that part of Britain which had been recovered. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00012
  15. Other Chap. VI. Of the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00013
  16. Other Chap. VII. The Passion of St. Alban and his companions, who at that time shed their blood for our Lord. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00014
  17. Other Chap. VIII. How, when the persecution ceased, the Church in Britain enjoyed peace till the time of the Arian heresy. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00015
  18. Other Chap. IX. How during the reign of Gratian, Maximus, being created Emperor in Britain, returned into Gaul with a mighty army. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00016
  19. Other Chap. X. How, in the reign of Arcadius, Pelagius, a Briton, insolently impugned the Grace of God. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00017
  20. Other Chap. XI. How during the reign of Honorius, Gratian and Constantine were created tyrants in Britain; and soon after the former was slain in Britain, and the latter in Gaul. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00018
  21. Other Chap. XII. How the Britons, being ravaged by the Scots and Picts, sought succour from the Romans, who coming a second time, built a wall across the island; but when this was broken down at once by the aforesaid enemies, they were reduced to greater distress than before. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00019
  22. Other Chap. XIII. How in the reign of Theodosius the younger, in whose time Palladius was sent to the Scots that believed in Christ, the Britons begging assistance of Ætius, the consul, could not obtain it. [446 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00020
  23. Other Chap. XIV. How the Britons, compelled by the great famine, drove the barbarians out of their territories; and soon after there ensued, along with abundance of corn, decay of morals, pestilence, and the downfall of the nation. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00021
  24. Other Chap. XV. How the Angles, being invited into Britain, at first drove off the enemy; but not long after, making a league with them, turned their weapons against their allies. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00022
  25. Other Chap. XVI. How the Britons obtained their first victory over the Angles, under the command of Ambrosius, a Roman. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00023
  26. Other Chap. XVII. How Germanus the Bishop, sailing into Britain with Lupus, first quelled the tempest of the sea, and afterwards that of the Pelagians, by Divine power. [429 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00024
  27. Other Chap. XVIII. How the some holy man gave sight to the blind daughter of a tribune, and then coming to St. Alban, there received of his relics, and left other relics of the blessed Apostles and other martyrs. [429 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00025
  28. Other Chap. XIX. How the same holy man, being detained there by sickness, by his prayers quenched a fire that had broken out among the houses, and was himself cured of his infirmity by a vision. [429 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00026
  29. Other Chap. XX. How the same Bishops brought help from Heaven to the Britons in a battle, and then returned home. [430 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00027
  30. Other Chap. XXI. How, when the Pelagian heresy began to spring up afresh, Germanus, returning to Britain with Severus, first restored bodily strength to a lame youth, then spiritual health to the people of God, having condemned or converted the Heretics. [447 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00028
  31. Other Chap. XXII. How the Britons, being for a time at rest from foreign invasions, wore themselves out by civil wars, and at the same time gave themselves up to more heinous crimes. OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00029
  32. Other Chap. XXIII. How the holy Pope Gregory sent Augustine, with other monks, to preach to the English nation, and encouraged them by a letter of exhortation, not to desist from their labour. [596 a.d.] OEBPS/4776944530125561148_38326-h-2.html.xhtml#pgepubid00030