▁inserted ▁the ▁entire ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁into ▁book ▁I ▁of ▁his ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica ▁( comple ted ▁ca . ▁ 7 3 1 ), ▁where ▁it ▁makes ▁up ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁chapter ▁ 2 7 . ▁B ede ▁also ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁re lied ▁upon ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁while ▁writing ▁his ▁pro se ▁V ita ▁San ct i ▁C uth ber ti ▁in ▁about ▁the ▁year ▁ 7 2 0 . ▁Where ▁B ede ▁acquired ▁his ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁is ▁not ▁known , ▁but ▁it ▁seems ▁that ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁e ighth ▁century ▁it ▁was ▁beginning ▁to ▁be ▁read ▁widely ▁throughout ▁northern ▁England . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁later ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁the ▁mon ks ▁of ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁C athedral ▁chapter ▁that ▁the ▁chapter ▁had ▁always ▁included ▁mon ks , ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁c athedral ▁by ▁August ine . ▁But ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁does ▁not ▁explicitly ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁c athedral ▁chapter ▁should ▁be ▁composed ▁of ▁mon ks , ▁only ▁that ▁the ▁mon ks ▁that ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁chapter ▁should ▁live ▁in ▁common ▁and ▁have ▁some ▁other ▁aspects ▁of ▁mon astic ▁life . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁over ▁authentic ity ▁ ▁Tw enti eth - century ▁scholar ship ' s ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁doubt ▁expressed ▁by ▁Bon if ace ▁regarding ▁the ▁authentic ity ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁has ▁led