
He is now often considered the father of English history for his book Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Ecclesiastical History of the English People, which he finished in 731. How did caedmon start his singing career he was sleeping and a man in his dream told his to sing him a song about creation why was Caedmon in the stable he left a feast because he couldnt sing and it was his day to care for the 'beasts' why was the song written in our book not exact MEANING AND DIGNITY AND BEAUTY IS LOST IN TRANSLATION who did caedmon go to see first, second? first the reeve (steward of monestary estate) then to the abbess what happened with the abbess he told her his story, they decided he was given a gift by god, he was told to make some verses into a song, he did, then he became a monk (abandoned secular life and go to monastic living) things caedmon sang about creationĮtc. Bede had been maintained at York and in the North of England throughout the Middle Ages, but his feast was not so generally observed in the South, where the Sarum Rite was followed. Bede, The History of the English Church Bede (673-735) was an Anglo-Saxon monk based in Northumbria.
