ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

TABLE OF CHAPTERS

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	Preface of Bede to King Ceolwulf	1

BOOK I.

CHAPTER
I.	Concerning the situation of Britain or Ireland, and their ancient inhabitants	5
II.	How Gaius Julius was the first of the Romans to approach Britain	11
III.	How the second of the Romans, Claudius, approaching it, also added the Orkney islands to the Roman empire. And also Vespasian, sent by him, subjected the Isle of Wight to the Romans	13
IV.	How Lucius, king of the Britons, having sent letters to Pope Eleutherus, requested to be made a Christian	14
V.	How Severus distinguished the part of Britain he received from the rest by a wall	15
VI.	Concerning the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians	17
VII.	The passion of Saint Alban and his companions, who at that same time shed their blood for the Lord	18
VIII.	How, with this persecution ceasing, the church in Britain had peace for a little while until the times of the Arian madness	22
IX.	How, during the reign of Gratian, Maximus was created emperor in Britain and returned to Gaul with a great army	23
X.	How, during the reign of Arcadius, Pelagius the Briton undertook arrogant wars against the grace of God	24
XI.	How, during the reign of Honorius, Gratian and Constantine were created tyrants in Britain, and soon the former was killed in Britain, the latter in Gaul	25
XII.	How the Britons, devastated by the Scots and Picts, sought help from the Romans, who coming for the second time, made a wall across the island; but this being immediately interrupted by the aforementioned enemies, they were oppressed by a greater calamity	26
XIII.	How, during the reign of Theodosius the Younger, in whose time Palladius was sent to the Scots who believed in Christ, the Britons begging for help from the consul Aetius, did not obtain it	32
XIV.	How the Britons, compelled by famous famine, drove the barbarians from their borders; and without delay, an abundance of crops, luxury, pestilence, and the extermination of the people followed	33
XV.	How the English nation, invited to Britain, first indeed drove away their adversaries; but not long after, having joined a treaty with them, turned their arms against their allies	34