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It is told that there was then such perfect peace in Britain, wheresoever the dominion of King Edwin extended, that, as is still proverbially said, a… - Bede
" "It is told that there was then such perfect peace in Britain, wheresoever the dominion of King Edwin extended, that, as is still proverbially said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, without receiving any harm.
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Bede (c. 672/673–26 May 735) was an Anglo-Saxon historian, theologian and scientific writer; often called the Venerable Bede. His best-known work, the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) was completed in 731.
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Native Name:
Beda Venerabilis
Alternative Names:
Saint Bede
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Venerable Bede
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Beda
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Saint Bede the Venerable
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Bede the Venerable
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Beda Anglicus
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Bede le Venerable
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Doctor of the English
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Doctor Anglorum
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