Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany

St. Oswald

King of Bernicia

Feast Day: August 5

Born 604 Died 642

Son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira


Bede's Ecclessiastical History of the English People
Book 3 Chapter 6
 
 
KING OSWALD, with the nation of the English which he governed being instructed by the teaching of this most reverend prelate, not only learned to hope for a heavenly kingdom unknown to his progenitors, but also obtained of the same one Almighty God, who made heaven and earth, larger earthly kingdoms than any of his ancestors. In short, he brought under his dominion all the nations and provinces of Britain, which are divided into four languages, viz. the Britons, the Picts, the Scots, and the English. When raised to that height of dominion, wonderful to relate, he always continued humble, affable, and generous to the poor and Strangers.

 


Translations:

Oswald in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Oswald and his family in the Annals c.600-651.

Short Passages on Oswald

Oswald in the Genealogies

 

Essays on Oswald and his Northumbria

Michelle Ziegler (1999) "The Politics of Exile in Early Northumbria" The Heroic Age Issue 2

"The Deiran Royal Family"

 

Complete Bibliography on Oswald and his Kingdom.

 

 

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