Bede 672-735
What did Bede have to say about the British as evangelicals? What is the value of the correspondence from Pope Gregory to St. Augustine? What is the value of the correspondence from Pope Gregory to Aethelberht of Kent?
How did Roman Christianity make its way to Northumbria? Why did Gregory the Great send missionaries to convert the English? What problems did the Roman missionaries encounter from British Christians? How did Roman Christianity make its way to Northumbria?
What did you think of Bede’s story about why Gregory the Great sent missionaries to England? What story? It was cute, but I do not believe it. Disturbing It could well be true.
What was the relationship between Augustine and the British bishops? He was their unchallenged leader Despite some hesitation, they followed him They refused to cooperate with him Communication around 600 was so bad that they did not even know about each other
What obstacles did the Roman missionaries face in their attempts to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons? Apostasy Violent deaths of Christian kings The unstable nature of authority among Germanic tribes The rival customs of Celtic missionaries All of the Above
How did Book 2 of Bede end? With the excommunication of the Irish With the Synod of Whitby With a reversal for the Roman Church: the death of Edwin All of the above None of the above
Bede’s heroes in the second book include Gregory the Great Bishops: Augustine, Laurence and Paulinus Edwin of Northumbria None of the above All of the Above
Christian Evangelism among the English 550-700 CE
Gregory sends Monks to convert the English
Roman Tonsure
Augustine of Canterbury c. 600
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms 600s
Ethelbert of Kent Married Christian Bertha of the Franks Converted to Christianity after arrival of Augustine in 597 Bretwalda Produced first vernacular legal code in England
Bertha of Kent Frankish princess who brought Christian faith with her when she married Ethelbert Inspired Augustine mission Established St Martins Canterbury
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms 600s
Raedwald East Anglian King Baptized 605 Died 625 Induced to adopt Christianity by Ethelbert of Kent Bretwalda Both pagan and Christian Buried at Sutton Hoo?
Sutton Hoo Burial Mask
Sutton Hoo Burial Mounds
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms 600s
Northumbrian Bretwaldas Oswald d. 641 Oswiu d. 670 Edwin 584-632
Yeavering - Northumbria
The Cuneus at Yeavering
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms c. 700
Bede 672-735
Christian Evangelism among the English 550-700 CE
Celtic Settlements c. 200 BCE
Celtic Settlements c. 550 CE
Roman Tonsure
Layout of an Irish Monastery
The Proliferation of Irish/Celtic Monasticism 500-800 CE
Celtic Monasteries in Britain: Lindisfarne and Iona
Lindisfarne – Holy Island
The Lindisfarne Gospels c. 700 CE
Celtic Cross
Synod of Whitby - 664