Imma’s Bonds
Imma claimed to be a harmless peasant, but there was something about him that Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, found downright uncanny.
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St Bede
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An eighth-century English monk recognised today as the first English historian, and in his own lifetime as one of Europe’s leading mathematicians.
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The Lessons of History
England’s first and greatest historian explains why history is so important.
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