How Long to Read Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

How Long Does it Take to Read Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by The Venerable Bede

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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England The Venerable Bede or Saint Bede A Revised Translation With Introduction, Life, and Notes By A. M. Sellar Bede; 672/673 - 26 May 735, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter and its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, now Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, then in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People gained him the title "The Father of English History." In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons, contributing significantly to English Christianity. Bede's monastery had access to an impressive library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius, among many others. The English version of the "Ecclesiastical History" in the following pages is a revision of the translation of Dr. Giles, which is itself a revision of the earlier rendering of Stevens. In the present edition very considerable alterations have been made, but the work of Dr. Giles remains the basis of the translation. The Latin text used throughout is Mr. Plummer's. Since the edition of Dr. Giles appeared in 1842, so much fresh work on the subject has been done, and recent research has brought so many new facts to light, that it has been found necessary to rewrite the notes almost entirely, and to add a new introduction. There are, it has been estimated, in England and on the Continent, in all about 140 manuscripts of the "Ecclesiastical History." Of these, four date from the eighth century: the Moore MS. (Cambridge), so called, because, after being sold by auction in the reign of William III, it came into the possession of Bishop Moore, who bequeathed it to the University of Cambridge; Cotton, Tiberius A, xiv; Cotton, Tiberius C, ii; and the Namur MS. A detailed account of these, as well as of a great number of other manuscripts, will be found in Mr. Plummer's Introduction to his edition of Bede's Historical Works. He has been the first to collate the four oldest MSS., besides examining numerous others and collating them in certain passages. He has pointed out that two of the MSS. dating from the eighth century (the century in which Bede died), the Moore MS. and Cotton, Tiberius A, xiv, point to a common original which cannot be far removed from Bede's autograph. We are thus brought very near to our author, and may have more than in most cases the assurance that we have before us what he actually meant to say.

How long is Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England?

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by The Venerable Bede is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England aloud.

What Reading Level is Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England?

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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