- Bede belonged to a monastery, dedicated to continuing a tradition of learning; Bede had access to books, documents, & other learned monks
- with the above sources he was able to generate his history of Britain
- although his fellow Britons were illiterate, he still wrote his account of Britain for such readers, starting at the beginning with the basics
- Britain was formerly known as Albion, it is an island that faces between north and west, rich in grain/timber, good pasture, plenty springs/rivers, land full of rich metals (copper, iron, lead, silver), 5 books o divine law, 5 languages, and 4 nations (English, British, Scots, and Picts) united in the study of God's truth in Latin
- original inhabitants: Britons (occupied southern parts); Pictish people wanted to land on Ireland, Scots told them to settle in Britain; Scots eventually joined them, taking their land
- Vocabulary: promontories- peaks of high land sticking out of water
- text seems to ramble, going into multiple list type sentences, overall a lot of description
- 896 - Danish settlers/Vikings split up - some went to East Anglia others to Northumbria
- 900 - Alfred king of all England except that under Danish rule, son Edward received the kingdom
- 903 - - East Aglian forces ravage Mercia; King Edward in return ravished their land- Kentish stayed on to battle and lost many lives- Fight at The Holme btwn Danes and Kentish906 -- Alfred dies; peace fastened at Tiddingford with East Anglians and Northumbrians
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