1. The Celtic Church Northumbrian Renaissance 300-800

2. Northumbrian Bretwaldas
Oswald
d. 641
Oswiu
d. 670
Edwin

3. Christian Evangelism among the English 550-700 CE

4. Roman Tonsure

5. Celtic Monasteries in Britain: Lindisfarne and Iona

7. Bede

8. Discuss Bede
What lessons can we use from Geoffrey of Monmouth to shed insight on Northumbrian politics in this period?
What kinds of miracles does Bede recount in this chapter?

9. What indicated that Northumbrian politics could get a little rough in the 600s?
Cousins killed cousins
Christians killed Christians
Pagans and Christians killed one another
Wives killed husbands
Bishop Paulinus fled Northumbria for Kent

10. How did Bede depict the Celtic saint, Aidan?
As an ascetic whose devotion won over many converts?
As a haughty, pompous Irishman
As a friend of King Oswald
As the main cause of conflict between Roman and Celtic Christians

11. Whitby Abbey

12. Hilda of Whitby Member of Northumbrian royal family
Abbess of Whitby mid 600s
Hosted Synod of Whitby
Respected intellectual throughout Europe

13. Ancient Scrolls
Egyptian Papyrus

14. Selecting Vellum

15. Cutting Folios

16. Lining the Folios

17. Scrap paper/bones

18. Monastic scribes

19. Illuminated Manuscript: Lion from the Book of Durrow c. 675

21. Lindisfarne – Holy Island

22. The Lindisfarne Gospels c. 700 CE

23. Lindisfarne Gospels c. 700

24. Codex Amiatinus c. 700

25. Book of Kells c. 800 Artistic Revival

26. Illuminated Manuscript: The Book of Kells c. 800 CE

27. Book of Kells c. 800 Illuminated Manuscript Irish Minscule
Produced during a 30 year period by a team of perhaps 6 monks
Uncial Script for capital letters

28. By 668 Theodore brought features of Mediterranean Christianity to Britain

29. Laws of Aethelberht of Kent c. 600 CE

30. Charters

31. Anglo-Saxon Charter

32. Chirograph

34. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms c. 700

35. Tribal Hidage c. 700 Hwinca syfan þusend hyda. 7,000
Ciltern sætna feower þusend hyda. 4,000
Hendrica þryu þusend hyda ond fif hund hyda. 3,500
Unecungaga twelf hund hyda. 1,200
Arosætna syx hund hyda. 600
Bilmiga syx hund hyda. 600
Widerigga eac swa. 600
Eastwilla syx hund hyda 600
Westwilla syx hund hyda 600
East engle þrittig þusend hida 30,000
Eastsexena syofon þusend hyda 7,000
Cantwarena fiftene þusend hyda 15,000
Suþsexena syufan þusend hyda 7,000
Westsexena hund þusend hyda. 100,000

36. Alcuin of York ( )

37. Charlemagne’s Empire

39. Carolingian Manuscript c. 800

40. How does Bede characterize King Oswald of Northumbria?
A brutal ruler who apostacized
A halfhearted Christian who maintained pagan practices
A victorious conqueror of the pagan Penda
A saintly king whose death preceded a series of miracles

41. How does Bede characterize the relationship between the Celtic Aidan and King Oswald?
One of mutual admiration and respect
One of rivalry and hatred
One of some distrust but overall they cooperated
One of two lovers

42. What was Bede’s attitude toward Irish missionaries, such as Columba & Aidan?
He never mentioned either one of them
He loathed them for their simplicity & ignorance
He appreciated their holiness and excused their ignorance
He praised them and saw no faults

43. How did Bede characterize…
The transition from Edwin to Oswald
King Oswald
St. Aidan
King Oswy
Events outside of Northumbria
Synod of Whitby