What was Bede's main reason for writing A History of the English Church
and People?
to record the history of Britain
According to Bede, what was the greatest thing that Britain had to offer?
it had many natural resources
Read these quotations from A History of the English Church and People. Based
on the details they provide, which quotation is probably the most historically
accurate?
"On the opposite side of Britain, which lies open to the boundless ocean, lie
the isles of the Orcades."
According to Bede, what is true of Ireland?
it is the largest island
What keeps Bede from being completely accurate in his A History of the English
Church and People?
he used the limited resources available to him at the time.
Why does Bede go into such detail in A History of the English Church and People
to describe the kinds of shellfish found in Britain?
he is stressing the importance of the seacoast
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
How does Ireland's climate compare to Britain's in A History of the English
Church and People?
it is superior
Which of the following claims is best supported by this quotation from A History
of the English Church and People?
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
What does Bede feel most unifies the people of Britain in A History of the
English Church and People?
their belief in and study of god's truth
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
what are the promontories that Bede describes In a history of the English church and people
peaks and high costal land
What word means the same as the italicized word in this sentence from A History
of the English Church and People?
. . . vines are cultivated in various localities.
grown
