Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

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Latin prose work ecclesiastical history historical work

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is an early 8th-century Latin work that chronicles the religious and political history of early medieval England, particularly the spread of Christianity.

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Label	Occurrences
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People canonical	22
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People	7
Ecclesiastical History of the English People	4
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum	3
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Old English translation)	1
Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People	1
Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum	1
Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2493574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Context triple: [Saint Chad, describedIn, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People]

A. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
B. Croyland Chronicle
The Croyland Chronicle is a medieval English monastic history that provides a valuable contemporary narrative of late 15th-century political events, including the turbulent period surrounding the Princes in the Tower.
C. Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
D. Gesta Francorum
Gesta Francorum is an anonymous 11th-century Latin chronicle that provides a firsthand account of the events and battles of the First Crusade.
E. Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Target entity description: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is an early 8th-century Latin work that chronicles the religious and political history of early medieval England, particularly the spread of Christianity.

A. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
B. Croyland Chronicle
The Croyland Chronicle is a medieval English monastic history that provides a valuable contemporary narrative of late 15th-century political events, including the turbulent period surrounding the Princes in the Tower.
C. Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
D. Gesta Francorum
Gesta Francorum is an anonymous 11th-century Latin chronicle that provides a firsthand account of the events and battles of the First Crusade.
E. Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ ecclesiastical history ⓘ historical work ⓘ
author	Venerable Bede ⓘ surface form: Bede
circulation	widely copied in the Middle Ages ⓘ
commissionedBy	Ceolwulf of Northumbria ⓘ
completionDate	731 ⓘ
contains	hagiographical material ⓘ miracle stories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
dateWritten	early 8th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Ceolwulf of Northumbria ⓘ
focusesOn	political history ⓘ religious history ⓘ spread of Christianity in England ⓘ
genre	chronicle ⓘ church history ⓘ
hasTranslation	Old English translation ⓘ numerous modern vernacular translations ⓘ
historicalReliability	generally considered high for its period ⓘ
includesAccountOf	Augustine of Canterbury's mission to the English ⓘ Synod of Whitby ⓘ conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria ⓘ lives of early English saints ⓘ
influenced	later chroniclers such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ medieval English historiography ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
notableFor	detailed account of the early English church ⓘ early use of Anno Domini dating in historical narrative ⓘ use of documentary sources and oral testimony ⓘ
placeWritten	Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey ⓘ
primarySourcesUsed	documents ⓘ earlier chronicles ⓘ letters ⓘ oral testimony ⓘ
regionDescribed	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
religiousPerspective	Christian ⓘ
significance	foundational text for the history of England ⓘ major source for Anglo-Saxon history ⓘ
structure	five books ⓘ
subject	Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ surface form: Christianization of England early medieval England ⓘ history of the English people ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic
timePeriodCovered	from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to 731 ⓘ
titleInLatin	Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
usedAsSourceBy	medieval historians ⓘ modern historians of early medieval England ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

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Rædwald of East Anglia → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ

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Eorpwald of East Anglia → mentionedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ

Æthelhere of East Anglia → describedIn → Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ

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