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The Church Fathers · 725
The Greater Chronicle
The Venerable Bede · c. 673–735
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What it is
A universal chronicle from creation to 725 arranged in six ages, forming the closing section of On the Reckoning of Time.
Why it lasted
It shortened the age of the world against the received figures, which got Bede accused of heresy over dinner and forced a written defence.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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