Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum — Bede's monumental ecclesiastical history of the English people, tracing the Christianisation of Britain from the Roman mission of Augustine of Canterbury to the early eighth century.
Chapter XVI of Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire examines the conduct of the Roman government toward the Christians from the reign of Nero to that of Constantine.
Chapter XV of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire examines the progress of the Christian religion and the sentiments, manners, numbers, and condition of the primitive Christians.