THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY fT. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. fE. CAPPS, PH.D.. LL.D. tW. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L A. PO.ST,L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.r.hist.soc. BEDE HISTORICAL WORKS THE VENERABLE BEDE'S CHAIR, s. Paul's church, jarrow BAEDAE OPERA HISTORICA WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY J. E. KING, M.A., D.LiTT. IN TWO VOLUMES I ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF TUB ENGLISH NATION BASED ON THE VERSION OF THOMAS STAPLETON, 15C5 — BOOKS I III WILLIAM HEINEiMANN LT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS MOMLXII CONTENTS ....... PAGE THE VENERABLE BEDE's CHAIE, S. PACL's CHURCH, JARROW .....Fr.ontispiece LATIN TABLE OF CONTENTS V INTRODUCTION xiii BOOK I 1 BOOK 11 1S3 BOOK III 323 MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES At end . . . . FirstpTinted1930 Reprinted1954,1962 PrintedinGreatBritain