Bede's Argumentative Analysis

Bede’s account of the conversion of the Northumbrians implies that the conversion to Christianity was a huge success and was accepted by everyone immediately as a better religion. Bede’s audience, Bede’s views and how the content relates to modern views and debates shows that the account is just a simplified version of what really happened. But it does show us how the Catholic Church wanted the conversion to be viewed.
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People originated as “a submission to King Ceowulf” in the form of a book. Books in early medieval England were difficult to produce and therefore were very rare. Bede’s book would have been aimed then not only at the king who had requested it, but also at the literate and rich