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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