1. Early Christianity and the Bretwaldas
200 – 700 CE

2. Bede

3. Discuss Bede
On what topics did Geoffrey’s history seem to agree with Bede’s?
What can we infer from this agreement?
What’s the main point of Book I in Bede?
Given the political situation in England during the 700s, why was Bede’s title somewhat surprising?

4. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

5. What does Bede tell us about the following?
Christianity in Roman Britain
Heresies in Roman Britain
Miracles and saints
The Fall of Britain to Angles, Saxons, etc.
Augustine’s mission

6. Why did Bede write his Ecclesiastical History
To please and educate his king
To provide moral instruction for his readers
To explain the movement toward religious unification of the Anglo-Saxon people
All of the above
None of the above

7. Who was not one of the heroes in Bede’s first book?
St. Alban
Gregory the Great
St. Germanus
St. Patrick

8. St. Alban Lived in third century First British martyr/saint
Tomb at St. Albans
Monastery built in 8th century

9. Constantine the Great 274-337
Declared Emperor at York in 306 CE

10. St. Germaine of Auxerre aka St. Germanus c. 440

11. Pelagius c. 365-425 Celtic, likely British monk, who asserted doctrine of free will

12. Pope Gregory the Great c. 600 author of the life of St. Benedict

13. Gregory sends monks to convert the English

14. St. Benedict Lived 480-547 “Father of Western Monasticism”
Founder of the Benedictine order which becomes the wealthiest & most powerful monastic order during the Middle Ages
Wrote the Benedictine rule

15. Augustine of Canterbury c. 600

16. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms c. 700

17. How did Christianity spread to the Anglo-Saxons?
Expect this question on the final exam. Be prepared to use evidence from Bede.

18. Christian Evangelism among the English 550-700 CE

19. 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

20. Bertha of Kent
Frankish princess who brought Christian faith with her when she married Ethelbert
Inspired Augustine mission
Established St Martins Canterbury

21. Discuss Campbell
What sort of difficulties did the early Anglo-Saxon kings face?
What was Yeavering?
What factors impeded the spread of Christianity?

22. Yeavering - Northumbria

23. The Cuneus at Yeavering

24. Christ with Joseph of Aramethea, Nicodemus, and Mary Magdellan G
Christ with Joseph of Aramethea, Nicodemus, and Mary Magdellan G. Bellini c. 1510

26. What were Bretwaldas? Missionaries from Saxony Overlord kings
Pagan priests who converted to Christianity
Irish and Scottish warrior saints

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

28. Tribal Hidage c. 670-720 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
Færpinga þreo hund hyda. is in Middelenglum Færpinga 300
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

29. Why did Gregory the Great send missionaries to England according to Bede?
Because he liked the looks of an English slave boy in the Roman forum
Because he wanted to expand the influence of the Roman Church
Because he worried about the pernicious influence of Celts in Britain
Because he believed the English would some day rule much of the world

30. What actions does Bede attribute to St
What actions does Bede attribute to St. Patrick in his early history of Britain?
He suffered martyrdom by changing clothes with a Roman solider
He travelled to the Continent to convert the Saxons
He drove the snakes out of Ireland
All of the above
None of the above