Excerpt from Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum: Historia Abbatum, Et Epistola Ad Ecgberctum, Cum Epistola Bonifacii Ad CudberthumI. That anglo-saxon England should have produced so learned a divine and historian as the Venerable Beda, within the first century after the introduction of Christianity, is surely a remarkable fact, and one which may well claim attention at the outset of a study of this his great historical work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.