# Bede — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Bede in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-lecture-viii-on-the-lineage-of-english-literature-i

## Who they are

Anglo-Saxon historian referenced in literary lineage.

## In the story

### [Lecture X: English Literature in Our Universities (I)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-x-english-literature-in-our-universities-i)

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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