{"product_id":"bede-the-man-who-invented-england-9781780278391","title":"Bede: The Man Who Invented England","description":"\u003cb\u003eBede's life and his monastery-based scholarship illuminate how the English emerged as a single people within a divided Britain, tracing early kingdoms, monks, kings, and shared history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is England, and who are the English?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man who first posed and answered these questions lived 1,200 years ago in Northumberland. The Venerable Bede spent almost his whole life in two monasteries looking over the North Sea, far from the centres of civilisation. Yet he became the foremost scholar of the first millennium, writing a history that continues to illuminate the Dark Ages, while also popularising our modern dating scheme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaced with a Britain of competing kingdoms and peoples, it was Bede who first wrote of the English as a single people. It was his vision that created the story that has united and divided Britain ever since: an island divided into three countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the most up-to-date research and historical and archaeological evidence, this book pieces together Bede's life and those of the monks and nuns, warriors and kings, farmers and merchants who made up the kingdoms in the contested realm of Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birlinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780278391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Edoardo Albert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376063832245,"sku":"9781780278391","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781780278391.jpg?v=1790261263","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bede-the-man-who-invented-england-9781780278391","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}