Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

[C T]

Hi SE folks! 

I was considering doing the Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People)

From some cursory research, most well regarded public domain English translation seems to be this one.  There's 1000 footnotes :-O.

Would this be of interest to include in the corpus? It seems fairly notable as one of the first "histories" of England.

I'm not sure if I'm ready to take on something this large yet, but just wanted to get a sense if it would be good to include in the corpus.

If it's okay to do, I'll put it on my list of future projects and depending on where I'm at in the next month or so I'll let you know if I want to take it on (or if someone else has an interest feel free). Also if I can find a PD proof, I think this would just be a perfect cover--The Venerable Bede Translates John.

[David]

This reminded me of a brief but wonderful essay by R. W. Southern on Bede, the first item in his Medieval Humanism collection. Well worth a read (as is anything by Southern, as far as I'm concerned).

FWIW! David / Fife, UK

[C T]

Thanks David. I love this bit: "A library is an act of faith, and no one can tell what will come of it."

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[Alex Cabal]

Sure, you could work on that. Would be a lot of work!

On 4/25/26 4:40 PM, C T wrote:
> Hi SE folks!
>

> I was considering doing the Venerable Bede's /Ecclesiastical History of
> the English People/ ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People>)

>
> From some cursory research, most well regarded public domain English

> translation seems to be this one <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> files/38326/38326-h/38326-h.html>.  There's 1000 footnotes :-O.

>
> Would this be of interest to include in the corpus? It seems fairly
> notable as one of the first "histories" of England.
>
> I'm not sure if I'm ready to take on something this large yet, but just
> wanted to get a sense if it would be good to include in the corpus.
>
> If it's okay to do, I'll put it on my list of future projects and
> depending on where I'm at in the next month or so I'll let you know if I
> want to take it on (or if someone else has an interest feel free). Also

> if I can find a PD proof, I think this would just be a perfect cover--/
> The Venerable Bede Translates John./

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