Venerable Bede by George Forrest Browne

Today’s free book is George Forrest Browne biography of The Venerable Bede, part of The Fathers for English Readers series. This public domain volume was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

George Forrest Browne [1833-1930], The Venerable Bede. The Fathers for English Readers. London: SPCK, 1891. Hbk. pp.192. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

1. The Personal History of Bede;
   Appendix A.—List of Bede’s Writings
   Appendix B.—The Title “Venerable”
2. The Conversion of Northumbria
3. The Second Conversion of Northumbria
4. Christianity in Northumbria to the Time of Bede
5. The British Christians
6. Bede’s Writings. The Ecclesiastical History, and the Lives of the Abbats of Wearmouth and Jarrow
7. Bede’s Writings. The Life of St. Cuthbert
8. The Homilies of Bede
9. A Sermon by Bede
10. Presages and Miracles
11. The State of Morals in Bede’s Time

• Conclusion

Main image: Bede depicted at St. Bede’s school, Chennai. Source: Wikipedia