Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Saint the Venerable Bede

Chap. XXVIII. How Pope Gregory wrote to the bishop of Arles to help Augustine in the work of God. [601 a.d. ]

       Chap. XXIX. How the same Pope sent to Augustine the Pall and a letter, along with several ministers of the Word. [601 a.d. ]

       Chap. XXX. A copy of the letter which Pope Gregory sent to the Abbot Mellitus, then going into Britain. [601 a.d. ]

       Chap. XXXI. How Pope Gregory, by letter, exhorted Augustine not to glory in his miracles. [601 a.d. ]

       Chap. XXXII. How Pope Gregory sent letters and gifts to King Ethelbert. [601 a.d. ]

       Chap. XXXIII. How Augustine repaired the church of our Saviour, and built the monastery of the blessed Peter the Apostle; and concerning Peter the first abbot of the same.

       Chap. XXXIV. How Ethelfrid, king of the Northumbrians, having vanquished the nations of the Scots, expelled them from the territories of the English. [603 a.d. ]

       Book II

       Chap. I. Of the death of the blessed Pope Gregory. 143 [604 a.d. ]

       Chap. II. How Augustine admonished the bishops of the Britons on behalf of Catholic peace, and to that end wrought a heavenly miracle in their presence; and of the vengeance that pursued them for their contempt. [ Circ. 603 a.d. ]

       Chap. III. How St. Augustine made Mellitus and Justus bishops; and of his death. [604 a.d. ]

       Chap. IV. How Laurentius and his bishops admonished the Scots to observe the unity of the Holy Church, particularly in keeping of Easter; and how Mellitus went to Rome.

       Chap. V. How, after the death of the kings Ethelbert and Sabert, their successors restored idolatry; for which reason, both Mellitus and Justus departed out of Britain. [616 a.d. ]

       Chap. VI. How Laurentius, being reproved by the Apostle Peter, converted King Eadbald to Christ; and how the king soon recalled Mellitus and Justus to preach the Word. [617-618 a.d. ]

       Chap. VII. How Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenched a fire in his city. [619 a.d. ]

       Chap. VIII. How Pope Boniface sent the Pall and a letter to Justus, successor to Mellitus. [624 a.d. ]

       Chap. IX. Of the reign of King Edwin, and how Paulinus, coming to preach the Gospel, first converted his daughter and others to the mysteries of the faith of Christ. [625-626 a.d. ]

       Chap. X. How Pope Boniface, by letter, exhorted the same king to embrace the faith. [ Circ. 625 a.d. ]

       Chap. XI. How Pope Boniface advised the king's consort to use her best endeavours for his salvation. [ Circ. 625 a.d. ]

       Chap. XII. How Edwin was persuaded to believe by a vision which he had once seen when he was in exile. [ Circ. 616 a.d. ]

       Chap. XIII. Of the Council he held with his chief men concerning their reception of the faith of Christ, and how the high priest profaned his own altars. [627 a.d. ]

       Chap. XIV. How King Edwin and his nation became Christians; and where Paulinus baptized them. [627 a.d. ]

       Chap. XV. How the province of the East Angles received the faith of Christ. [627-628 a.d. ]

       Chap. XVI. How Paulinus preached in the province of Lindsey; and of the character of the reign of Edwin. [ Circ. 628 a.d. ]

       Chap. XVII. How Edwin received letters of exhortation from Pope Honorius, who also sent the pall to Paulinus. [634 a.d. ]

       Chap. XVIII. How Honorius, who succeeded Justus in the bishopric of Canterbury, received the pall and letters from Pope Honorius. [634 a.d. ]

       Chap. XIX. How the aforesaid Honorius first, and afterwards John, wrote letters to the nation of the Scots, concerning the observance of Easter, and the Pelagian heresy. [640 a.d. ]

       Chap. XX. How Edwin being slain, Paulinus returned into Kent, and had the bishopric of Rochester conferred upon him. [633 a.d. ]

       Book III

       Chap. I. How King Edwin's next successors lost both the faith of their nation and the kingdom; but the most Christian King Oswald retrieved both. [633 a.d. ]

       Chap. II. How, among innumerable other miracles of healing wrought by the wood of the cross, which King Oswald, being ready to engage against the barbarians, erected, a certain man had his injured arm healed. [634 a.d. ]

       Chap. III. How the same king Oswald, asking a bishop of the Scottish nation, had Aidan sent him, and granted him an episcopal see in the Isle of Lindisfarne. [635 a.d. ]

       Chap. IV. When the nation of the Picts received the faith of Christ. [565 a.d. ]

       Chap. V. Of the life of Bishop Aidan. [635 a.d. ]

       Chap. VI. Of King Oswald's wonderful piety and religion. [635-642 a.d. ]

       Chap. VII. How the West Saxons received the Word of God by the preaching of Birinus; and of his successors, Agilbert and Leutherius. [635-670 a.d. ]

       Chap. VIII. How Earconbert, King of Kent, ordered the idols to be destroyed; and of his daughter

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