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He was a monk who wrote the "Ecclesiastical History of English people". It describes the growth of the Christian Church in England from Roman Tribes to Bede's own day. It is importan although it was written in Latin, not in Anglo-Saxon.
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After King Edward's death English decayed as a literary language.
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He arranged the production of the whole Bible in English.
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He is the first "giant" of English literature.
