Reges Christianissimi: History and Interpretation in Bede's Account of the Early Kings of Northumbria

Bede was a monk of the joint monastery of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow in the late seventh century into the early eighth, and England's first historian: his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People' is our greatest source for the history of early Anglo-Saxon England. Yet Bede was also a leading scholar of the Church, and much of his effort went into biblical exegesis, many of his works in this field surviving to this day.

In this book, Clive Tolley looks at some events in the reigns of thre...