How long does it take to read Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum?
The Venerable Bede, Thomas Miller, J. A. Giles, Bertram Colgrave, Roger Mynors
Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum by The Venerable Bede, Thomas Miller, J. A. Giles, Bertram Colgrave, Roger Mynors takes about 7 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1475. 417 pages, about 114,675 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 122 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An accurate and readable version of Bede's work in modern English where "we realize even more clearly that the past is not dead and done with, but a force to be reckoned with, silently moulding the present and the future." [Introduction].
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons, Church history, Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, Ecclesiastical history, England and Wales, Facsimiles
