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About how old was the Venerable Bede when he died

60

Interpret: In what way does Latin unite England? (b) According to Bede, what factor is most important in uniting people and giving them a common identity?

(a) Language is essential to culture and therefore a common language leads to what is essentially a shared culture. This leads to common values and on the long run promotes unity. (b) According to Bede, a common language is most important in uniting people and giving them a common identity.

List three details you found interesting in bede's history of England

1. He scripted the history of the early Britain and the division of races within the country and understanding of the society. 2. He built an exciting history of Britain, a period where the society revolved around the church. 3. He was the first historian writer to adopt the idea of "Anno Domini'

What book did Bede write

A History of the English Church and People

Bede's account suggests that Britain had

Abundant natural resources

What age was Bede when he entered Monastic School of Jarrow

Age seven

Britain was formerly known as

Albion

What was Britain called before it was Britain

Albion

Why was Bede given the title, the Venerable

Because of his wisdom, humility and schorlarship

Evaluate: Does Bede do a good job answering reader's questions about England? Explain giving three examples of possible questions.

Bede does not do a good job answering reader's questions about England. He never discusses England as a whole but only the area in which he lives. He does not answer questions about English foreign relations, England in a historical context aside from religion or English social reforms.

What is something Britain and Ireland have in common

Both are Islands

What happened when the Romans left Britain

Britain was left vulnerable

What is the relationship between place and literature. In what ways does Britain's remote location influence Bede's description of it? In responding, use at least two of these Essential Question words: geography, proximity, isolation

Britain's remote location influence Bede's decription of it because he has limited exposure to the world outside of England. Therefore, his comparisons and judgements are based on countries in close proximity to England. Additionally, the cultural influences on England are affected by its remote location because it is largely determined by geography in that it is a result of multiple invasions from nearby groups

What does innumerable mean in this line from A History of the English Church and People? In old times, the country had twenty eight noble cities and innumerable castles

Countless

Who was Bede

Earliest English historian. Earliest important prose writer

Cultivated means

Grown

What word means the same as cultivated in this sentence? . vines are cultivated in various areas"

Grown

The line "almost everything in this isle enjoys immunity to poison" suggest Bede

Had a very high opinion of Ireland

From the phrase "all are united in their stud of God's truth", what can be inferred about Bede's attitude toward the English Church?

He believed in its teachings

How does Bede weave together facts and narratives in stories?

He has great talent in putting stories together

What keeps Bede from being completely accurate in his A HIstory of the English Church and People

He sometimes accepted unlikely stories.

Why does Bede include a quotation from the Scots in A History of the English Church and People

He wants to make it seem that he was present at the time

Why was Bede go into such detail in A History of the English Church and People to describe the kinds of shellfish found in Britain?

He wants to show how varied nd rich the waters of Britain are

If Britain is unknown to many of his readers, why does it make sense for Bede to begin with a geographical description?

He was writing for people who had never been to Britain.

Promontories mean

High land sticking out into water

According to Bede, what is true of Ireland?

It does not have snakes

According to Bede, what was the greatest thing that Britain had to offer?

It had many natural resources

How does Ireland's climate compare to Britain in A History of the English Church and People

It is superior

Why was Bede's A History of the English Church and People translated from Latin and what was it translated to

It was translated because of Alred the Great and it was translated into old English.

For whom was Bede's work translated into English in the century after his death

King Alfred

What language did Bede write in

Latin

What language was Bede's work written in

Latin

What monestery was Bede a monk at and at what age did he begin there

Monastry of Jarrow at age seven (7)

What job did Bede have

Monk

What was Bede's Occupation

Monk

Migrated means

Moving from one region or country to another

What are the promontories that Bede describes in A History of the English Church and People

Peaks of High coastal land

Bede's main purpose in writing this was to

Provide a factual narrative of past events in Britain

Considering the time in which Bede wrote, which source would probably have provided Bede with the most reliable info that Britain had "twenty-eight noble cities".

Records from a monastic library

What does Bede feel most unifies the people of Britain in A History of the English Church and People

Religion and Language (Latin)

What attitude toward women is Bede expressing in this quotation from A History of the English Church and Peoples? "Having no women with them, these Picts asked wives of the Scots, who consented on condition that, when any dispute arose, they should choose a king from the female royal line rather than the male".

Scots wanted political influence in the Pict royal court

According to Bede, what four nations were in Britain during this time period

Scots, Picts, England and Britain

Based upon the references in this selection, the reader can infer that the early Britons were unusually concerned about

Snakes

(a)What background does Bede give about the British Scarlet dye? (b) Infer: What does the information suggest about the lifestyle or economy of the country

The background Bede gives about British Scarlet dye is that it comes from cockles (shellfish). (b). This information suggests that the country has an economy that is dependent largely on fishing.

What was Bede's main concern

The expansion of Christianity in England

The following seems to lend the greatest credibility to Bede's work

The large amount of specific factual information

According to Bede's account, in which of the following ways are the four British nations different

They speak different languages

What was Bede's main reason for writing A History of the English Church and People

To record the history of Britain

Innumerable means

Too many to count

True or false: Through the monastry, Bede had access to books and other documents as well as contact with other learned monks.

True