What are the motifs in The Age of Bede by Bede?

Virtue is a recurring idea in the book. Bede, Eddius and the anonymous authors of the other texts have a particular conception of the most important personal virtues. In different ages, different virtues are ranked in importance. In the Roman Empire, the virtues of the hero were highly prized, in early modern European cultures, commercial virtue was often praised, while in the medieval period extreme forms of supernatural piety—faith, hope and love—were ranked as the highest virtues. The authors of the documents in The Age of Bede lean strongly towards the latter conception of virtue with monastic trimmings.