The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation - Hardcoverby St Bede (Author), L. C. Jane (Translator) Originally written in 731 and published in English in 1903 in a translation by LIONEL CECIL JANE (1879 1932), The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation was the first book of its kind. In it, British Benedictine monk SAINT BEDE (672 735) details the history of England from the time of Caesar until the year of its writing. Assembled using a variety of Roman sources, including Prosper of Acquitaine and