Bede completes his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum …
Years: 731 - 731
Bede completes his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (in English: Ecclesiastical History of the English People) in 731, when he is about fifty-nine.
Its subject the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally, its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity.
It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history and plays a key role in the development of an English national identity.
