There has been no attempt at any original work, and no new theories are advanced. Plummer's edition of the Historical Works of Bede, it might seem superfluous, for the present at least, to write any notes at all on the "Ecclesiastical History." The present volume, however, is intended to fulfil a different and much humbler function. Giles appeared in 1842, so much fresh work on the subject has been done, and recent research has brought so many new facts to light, that it has been found necessary to rewrite the notes almost entirely, and to add a new introduction. Giles remains the basis of the translation. In the present edition very considerable alterations have been made, but the work of Dr. Giles, which is itself a revision of the earlier rendering of Stevens.
The English version of the "Ecclesiastical History" in the following pages is a revision of the translation of Dr.
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