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Explicitly named as the source for Bede's account of comets and the Saracen invasion of Gaul

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Mentioned as a great work that Alfred sponsors a translation of into English, describing how Angles and Saxons are given England by God and brought to Christ. Referenced as part of Alfred's project to restore learning and create Anglo-Saxon identity.

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Referenced as 'the history of the church' that Bede wrote, which cast the Angles and Saxons as a holy people modeled on the Israelites. Also mentioned that Alfred translated 'Bede's Latin history into English.'

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Referenced as 'Bede's history of the English church' which Alfred sponsored, discussing the use of the word 'Anglia' as a synonym for what would become England

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Tom mentions that 'Bede writes the first great history of what you might call the English people' in the context of discussing sources about St. Cuthbert

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Tom discusses Bede's written account of St. Cuthbert's life, noting that Bede 'specifies in his opening to it that he has researched it, that he's spoken to people who knew Cuthbert' - this is a hagiographical text about the saint