Editing Northumbria (section)

===Literature===
The Venerable [[Bede]] (673–735) is the most famous author of the Anglo-Saxon Period, and a native of Northumbria. His {{lang|la|[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People|Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]}} (''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', completed in 731) has become both a template for later historians and a crucial historical account in its own right,<ref name=Worm29>{{harvnb|Wormald|1999|p= 29}}</ref> and much of it focuses on Northumbria.<ref>{{harvnb|Goffart|2005|p=238}}</ref><ref name=Bede69>{{harvnb|Bede|1969}}</ref> He's also famous for his theological works, and verse and prose accounts of holy lives.<ref name=Goffart245>{{harvnb|Goffart|1988|pp= 245–246}}</ref> After the [[Synod of Whitby]], the role of the European continent gained importance in Northumbrian culture. During the end of the eighth century, the scriptorium at [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey|Monkwearmouth–Jarrow]] was producing manuscripts of his works for high demand on the Continent.<ref>{{harvnb|Lapidge|2006|p=44}}</ref>

Northumbria was also home to several Anglo-Saxon [[Christian poetry|Christian poets]]. [[Cædmon]] lived at the [[double monastery]] of Streonæshalch ([[Whitby Abbey]]) during the abbacy (657–680) of [[Hilda of Whitby|St. Hilda]] (614–680). According to Bede, he "was wont to make religious verses, so that whatever was interpreted to him out of [[Bible|scripture]], he soon after put the same into poetical expressions of much sweetness and humility in [[Old English|English]], which was his native language. By his verse the minds of many were often excited to despise the world, and to aspire to heaven."<ref name=Bede69Caedmon>{{harvnb|Bede|1969}} Book 4 Chapter 24</ref> His sole surviving work is [[Cædmon's Hymn]]. [[Cynewulf]], prolific author of ''[[The Fates of the Apostles]]'', ''[[Juliana (poem)|Juliana]]'', [[Elene (poem)|''Elene'']], and [[Christ II (poem)|''Christ II'']], is believed to have been either Northumbrian or [[Mercia]]n.<ref>{{harvnb|Gradon|1958|pp= 9–14}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Woolf|1955|pp= 2–6}}</ref>
[[File:Gosforth cross.jpg|left|thumb|472x472px|Gosforth Cross, view from the north-west]]