Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Bede Notes

A History of the English Church and People
  • Britain was formerly known as Albion
  • rich in grain, timber, fish, pastures, hot springs
  • has four nations of origin: English, British, Scots, and Picts who each have their own language but are united in Latin
  • First were the British, then the Picts, then the Scots, then the English
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • lot of war and death between the Anglians and the Northunmbrians
  • people constantly fighting into each other's territory
  • one king dies, another succeeds, and then he dies.

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