Bede represented the native British church as wicked and sinful, in order to explain why Britain was conquered by the Anglo-Saxons: he drew on the polemic of Gildas and developed it further in his own works.
Bede represented the native British church as wicked and sinful. This was to explain why Britain was conquered by the Anglo-Saxons. He drew on the polemic of Gildas. He developed it further in his own works.