***Non-History geeks beware, this is not a book for the faint of heart. A primary text through and through, a lot of cultural change has occurred in the last 14 hundred years since its composition and even more in the several hundred since the genesis of the events recorded. Bede attempts to chronicle the origins of the church on the Island of England (focused mainly on the southern portion) from the letter from King Lucius to Rome requesting to be made a "Christian" up to Bede's lifetime, during which the church was relatively established. It is interesting to observe the issues of importance in that day - the Date of Easter, the superiority of virginity/Monastic lifestyle etc. While Bede's perspective does seem idealistic the material allows you to grasp the general feeling of culture during those centuries now so far away.
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