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Early British ChristianitySt. Alban
Britain’s 1st Martyr, 3rd CenturyVerulamium – St. Albans, Hertfordshire
St. Patrick5th Century; from Northwest BritainOf High Roman FamilySlave in, Missionary to Ireland
PelagiusBritain’s 1st Heretic, c. 400Theological Opposition to Augustine(Original Sin & Christian Grace)
Romano-British Christianity WidespreadConstantine & Council of Nicea (325)
The Decapitation of St. Alban
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Anglo-Saxon Invasion & Christianity5th Century Britain
End of an Era; Beginning of Another
Enter the GermansDisplacing Native CultureResistance & CooperationRegional Kingdoms
Christianity Strikes BackVariety of Christian CustomsMonastic Foundations; MissionariesNorthern InitiativesSouthern Initiatives
Consolidation of the ChurchEcclesiastical CustomsStructure of the Church; Link to Rome
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5th Century BritainThe End of Roman Britain
Retreat of the EmpireDecline in Trade, Wealth; Economics (£)Latin Language & Civic LifeReassertion of Local Chieftains/KingsMoving Back to the Hillforts
Continuous ElementsChristianity (esp. in the North)Some Cities (e.g. York, Canterbury)
A Period of Flux Empires don’t just “End”Mystery (Sources are Later)
Wroxeter (Viroconium), Shropshire
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Enter the GermansThe Coming of the Barbarians, c. 450-
600Several Hundred Thousand PeoplePrevious Contact (Raiding, Warfare)Angles, Saxons, Jutes; Swedes, FrisiansDisplacing Native Cultures
Cooperation & Resistance Vortigern, German Mercenaries 5th cent; KentArthur, Mt. Badon c. 510; SouthwestLegend? Myth? Significance?
Rapid Expanse & Regional KingdomsPolitical Vacuum; Decentralized BritishPushing British Authorities North & West
The Brut Chronicle, mid-14th cent., Univ. Manchester, English MS 103. (NB: There are many copies of the Brut Chronicle, which dates from the late 13th cent.)
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Early Anglo-Saxon KingdomsRegional Powers
KentSussex, Essex, WessexNorfolk, SuffolkMerciaBernicia, Deira (N.umbria)
Celtic FringeCornwallWalesScotland
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6th Century German Culture
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Christianity RedivivusVariety of Christian Customs
Localities RemovedLack of Contact w/ Mainland
Missionaries & MonasteriesPatrick: Ireland (5th)Columba: Iona (mid-6th)Benedict Biscop: Wearmouth, Jarrow (674/81)
Northern InitiativesEdwin & Oswald of Northumbria
Southern InitiativesGregory the Great, 597Augustine to Ethelbert of Kent
Spread of Christianity by 680s (Sussex)
Key Early Christian Foundations
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Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 715); Book of Kells (c. 800)
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Consolidation of the ChurchDifferences Northern/Southern
Ecclesiastical CustomsDating of Easter (Calendars)Monastic TonsureSynod of Whitby, 664Oswy of Northumbria
Church StructureDiocesian ReorganizationPrimacy of CanterburySynod of Hertford, 673Wilfrid, Bp. York; Theodore, Abp. Cant.
Centralization of Church PowerCanterbury; York; London; WinchesterLink to Rome
Whitby Abbey, Ruins