Almost everything that is known of Bede's life is contained in the last chapter of his Historia Ecclesiastica, a history of the church in England.

It seems certain that he did not visit Rome, however, as he would have mentioned it in the autobiographical chapter of his Historia Ecclesiastica.

He had access to two works of Eusebius: the Historia Ecclesiastica, and also the Chronicon, though he had neither in the original Greek ; instead he had a Latin translation of the Historia, by Rufinus, and Saint Jerome's translation of the Chronicon.

Some of Bede's material came from oral traditions, including a description of the physical appearance of Paulinus of York, who had died nearly 90 years before Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica was written.

Bede acknowledged his correspondents in the preface to the Historia Ecclesiastica ; he was in contact with Daniel, the Bishop of Winchester, for information about the history of the church in Wessex, and also wrote to the monastery at Lastingham for information about Cedd and Chad.

His introduction imitates the work of Orosius, and his title is an echo of Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica.

Bede's work as a hagiographer, and his detailed attention to dating, were both useful preparations for the task of writing the Historia Ecclesiastica.

Bede's Latin has been praised for its clarity, but his style in the Historia Ecclesiastica is not simple.

In the words of Charles Plummer, one of the best-known editors of the Historia Ecclesiastica, Bede's Latin is " clear and limpid ... it is very seldom that we have to pause to think of the meaning of a sentence ... Alcuin rightly praises Bede for his unpretending style.

Bede's primary intention in writing the Historia Ecclesiastica was to show the growth of the united church throughout England.

At the time Bede wrote the Historia Ecclesiastica, there were two common ways of referring to dates.

The Historia Ecclesiastica was copied often in the Middle Ages, and about 160 manuscripts containing it survive.

Modern historians and editors of Bede have been lavish in their praise of his achievement in the Historia Ecclesiastica.

The Historia Ecclesiastica has given Bede a high reputation, but his concerns were different from those of a modern writer of history.

For some time the existence of the word bretwalda in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was based in part on the list given by Bede in his Historia Ecclesiastica, led historians to think that there was perhaps a ' title ' held by Anglo-Saxon overlords.

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Historia Ecclesiastica ( History of the Church ).

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* Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica ( Church History ) first seven books ca.

:* Historia Ecclesiastica ( Church History ) first seven books ca.

The earliest secure reference to this passage is found in the writings of the fourth-century Christian apologist and historian Eusebius, who used Josephus ' works extensively as a source for his own Historia Ecclesiastica.

Eusebius states in his Chronicon that Sixtus I was pope from 114 to 124, while his Historia Ecclesiastica, using a different catalogue of popes, claims his rule from 114 to 128.

The 4th century church historian Eusebius, however, states in his Chronicon that Sixtus I was pope from 114 to 124, while his Historia Ecclesiastica, using a different list, claims that Sixtus ' rule was from 114 to 128.

The family was one of the first to be recognized as a distinct group in Jacques Daleschamps ’ 1586 Historia generalis plantarum.

His chief work is a Historia Francorum, or Libri v de Gestis Francorum, which deals with the history of the Franks from the earliest times to 653, and was continued by other writers until the middle of the twelfth century.

The Vipava Valley, through which Alboin led the Lombards into ItalyAs a precautionary move Alboin strengthened his alliance with the Avars, signing what Paul calls a foedus perpetuum (" perpetual treaty ") and what is referred to in the 9th-century Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani as a pactum et foedus amicitiae (" pact and treaty of friendship "), adding that the treaty was put down on paper.

Ambrosius Aurelianus, ; called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere, was a war leader of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, according to Gildas.

This story was later retold with more detail by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his fictionalized Historia Regum Britanniae, conflating the personage of Ambrosius with the Welsh tradition of Merlin the visionary, known for oracular utterances that foretold the coming victories of the native Celtic inhabitants of Britain over the Saxons and the Normans.

But there are smaller snippets of tradition preserved in the Historia Brittonum: in Chapter 31, we are told that Vortigern ruled in fear of Ambrosius ; later, in Chapter 66, various events are dated from a Battle of Guoloph ( often identified with Wallop, ESE of Amesbury near Salisbury ), which is said to have been between Ambrosius and Vitolinus ; lastly, in Chapter 48, it is said that Pascent, the son of Vortigern, was granted rule over the regions of Buellt and Gwrtheyrnion by Ambrosius.

However, Bede, like Gregory the Great whom Bede quotes on the subject in the Historia, felt that faith brought about by miracles was a stepping stone to a higher, truer faith, and that as a result miracles had their place in a work designed to instruct.

For many years, early Anglo-Saxon history was essentially a retelling of the Historia, but recent scholarship has focused as much on what Bede did not write as what he did.

The belief that the Historia was the culmination of Bede's works, the aim of all his scholarship, a belief common among historians in the past, is no longer accepted by most scholars.

The earliest bestiary in the form in which it was later popularized was an anonymous 2nd century Greek volume called the Physiologus, which itself summarized ancient knowledge and wisdom about animals in the writings of classical authors such as Aristotle's Historia Animalium and various works by Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Solinus, Aelian and other naturalists.

For Chrétien, Arthur's chief court was in Caerleon in Wales ; this was the king's primary base in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and subsequent literature.

Encyclopedias have existed for around 2, 000 years ; the oldest still in existence, Naturalis Historia, was written in ca.

According to British legend ( see: Historia Brittonum ) the territory known later as Essex was ceded by the Britons to the Saxons following the infamous Brad y Cyllyll Hirion event which occurred ca.

This method of designating stars first appeared in a preliminary version of John Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica which was published by Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton in 1712 without Flamsteed's approval.

Until that time, Pliny's work Historia Naturalis was the main source of information on metals and mining techniques, and Agricola made numerous references to the Roman encyclopedia.

Gallienus returned in 263 or 265 and, as even Historia Augusta admits, was entirely successful, finally besieging Postumus in an unnamed Gallic city ; however, during the siege, he was severely wounded by an arrow and had to leave the field.

Rhongomyniad (" spear " + " striker, slayer ") is also first mentioned in Culhwch, although only in passing ; it appears as simply Ron (" spear ") in Geoffrey's Historia.

In the Historia Brittonum Hengist had an unnamed daughter ( her name is first given in Historia Regum Britanniae as Rowena ) who seduced Vortigern, eventually leading to the Night of the Long Knives when Hengist's men massacred the Britons at a peace accord.

In his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Bede records that the first chieftains among the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in England were said to be Hengist and Horsa.

The Historia Augusta suggests three alternative explanations: that the first Caesar had a thick head of hair ( Latin caesaries ); that he had bright grey eyes ( Latin oculis caesiis ); or that he killed an elephant ( caesai in Moorish ) in battle.

For the first seventy-eight authors Eusebius ( Historia ecclesiastica ) is the main source ; in the second section, beginning with Arnobius and Lactantius, he includes a good deal of independent information, especially as to western writers.

The first narrative account of Arthur's life is found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin work Historia Regum Britanniae ( History of the Kings of Britain ).

The method of comparing hardness by seeing which minerals can scratch others, however, is of great antiquity, having first been mentioned by Theophrastus in his treatise On Stones, c. 300 BC, followed by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, c. 77 AD.

The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures.

This date is first proposed by John Mair in his Historia Majoris Britanniæ ( 1521 ), and gains popular acceptance by the end of the century.

The Round Table first appears in Wace's Roman de Brut, a Norman language adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae finished in 1155.

Early modern publications, dealing with what we now call Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e. g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus ( Olaus Magnus, 1555 ), and the first edition of the 13th century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.

* Pliny the Elder publishes the first ten books of Naturalis Historia.

According to Nicephorus ( Historia eccl., 2, 40 ), Matthias first preached the Gospel in Judaea, then in Aethiopia ( made out to be a synonym for the region of Colchis, now in modern-day Georgia ) and was crucified in Colchis.

According to the Historia Regum Britanniae written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in around 1136, " the coast of Totnes " was where Brutus of Troy, the mythical founder of Britain, first came ashore on the island.

The thermal springs of Wiesbaden are first mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia.

Bede is the first English writer ( 673 – 735 ) to mention the story repeatedly ( Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, I, V ; V, 24, De temporum ratione, ad an.

According to Gregory of Tours ' Historia Francorum ( History of the Franks ), when Clotilde had their first child baptised, he died soon after.

The name first occurs in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ( c. 1136, in Latin ) as Tintagol, implying pronunciation with a hard sound as in modern English girl.

There is no guarantee that it significantly predates the 12th-century narrative tradition, where it is first attached to him in Ágrip and in Latin translation as sanguinea securis in the Historia Norwegiæ.