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From The Biographical Writings and Letters of Venerable Bede, translated from the Latin, by J. A. Giles; James Bohn, London, 1845; pp. 219-296.

Bede    (Bæda)

673 - 735 A. D.

[From The Publisher’s Advertisement, by James Bohn, on page ix of the book: “ ‘The Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World,’ in the last section, affords many interesting particulars of English History. As a system of Chronology, it is important; and drew forth, no doubt, in the eight century as much attention as those of Usher, Newton, and Hales, did in the respective periods of their promulgation.” — Elf.Ed.]

APPENDIX


A CHRONICLE

OF THE

SIX AGES OF THE WORLD,

COMPILED BY

VENERABLE BEDE.

Of the six ages of the world, and of the seventh and eighth when we shall rest in heaven, we have already spoken elsewhere, whilst describing the narrative of the first week in which the world was created, and now again, in treating of the life of a single man, which by the Greek philosophers is termed microcosmos, or the little world, we shall discuss the same subject rather more diffusely.

Introduction, Bede.

II. — Introduction, by Bede.

The First Age, B.C. 4004

The Second Age, B.C. 4004

The Third Age, B.C. 4004

The Fourth Age, B.C. 4004

The Fifth Age, B.C. 4004

The Sixth Age, B.C. 4004

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