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Bede

Anglo-Saxon historian referenced in literary lineage.

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First appearance: lecture viii on the lineage of english literature i

Bede shows up with force in Lecture X: English Literature in Our Universities (I). The page is where that presence becomes real.

Cited as an example of early English scholarship; his death scene is described as deeply moving, and his fame spread across Europe.
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