作者简介
Bede(c.672or673–May25,735),wasaBenedictinemonkattheNorthumbrianmonasteryofSaintPeteratMonkwearmouth,todaypartofSunderland,andofitscompanionmonastery,SaintPaul's,inmodernJarrow(seeWearmouth-Jarrow),bothintheEnglishcountyofDurham(nowTyneandWear).Heiswellknownasanauthorandscholar,andhismostfamouswork,HistoriaecclesiasticagentisAnglorum(TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople)gainedhimthetitle"ThefatherofEnglishhistory".J.F.WebbisapriestoftheRomandioceseofWrexham,NorthWales.D.H.FarmerwasReaderinHistoryatReadingUniversityuntil1988.HeisauthorandeditorofseveralbooksonecclesiasticalandmonastichistorysuchasTheOxfordDictionaryofSaints.
