His final preoccupation is over the precise date of Easter, which he writes about at length. While Bede is loyal to Northumbria, he shows an even greater attachment to the Irish and the Irish Celtic missionaries, whom he considers to be far more effective and dedicated than their rather complacent English counterparts. In political terms he is a partisan of his native Northumbria, amplifying its role in English history over and above that of Mercia, its great southern rival. Bede sets out, not just to tell the story of the English, but to advance his views on politics and religion. The History of the English Church and People has a clear polemical and didactic purpose. Divided into five books, it covers the history of England, ecclesiastical and political, from the time of Julius Caesar to the date of its completion (731). It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old. It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianity.
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