Explore early English church history with a clear, authoritative translation .
This edition pairs the Latin text with an accessible English translation, helping readers grasp key events, people, and places that shaped Anglo-Saxon Christianity.
The book presents Books IV and V of the Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, based on a 1565 version, along with the Lives of the Abbots and a letter to Egbert. It is part of a two-volume scholarly edition that gathers important moments in the church’s early development and the figures who guided it.
- Facing-page translation beside the original Latin text
- Historical narrative about bishops, abbots, and key church figures
- Accessible for students, researchers, and general readers interested in early Britain
- Carefully edited to present a coherent view of the era’s religious and political dynamics
Ideal for readers of historical theology and early English history who want a reliable, readable edition of foundational church history.