The Venerable Bede and
Alfred the Great
The Venerable Bede
* Born in 673, at Tyne, in county
Durham
* Was taken to the monastery of
Wearmouth when
he was 7 years old
The Venerable Bede
* He mastered Latin, Greek and Hebrew
* Bede's writings inlude natural history, poetry
and Biblical translation
* He is mainly remembered for his
"Ecclesiastical History of the English People".
The Venerable Bede
* He died in 735
and was buried in
Norman cathedral
of Durham
Alfred the Great
* Born in 849 at Wantage
* Was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of
Wessex from 871 to 899
*The only English king to be called "The
Great"
Alfred the Great
* He was the youngest son of King
Æthelwulf of Wessex
* Had two elder brothers
* Became the king of Wessex in 871
after the death of his brother, king
Æthelred
Alfred the Great
* In 878 he defeated
the Danes
* Restored London and
made it habitable once
more
* The actual year and reason of death is not
known
* He is now buried at New Minster