How Did The Anglo-Saxons Convert To Religion
Who was the Venerable Bede? Why do historians rely so much on his writings? What great contributions did he make?
The Venerable Bede (673-735) was an English monk at the monastery of St. Peter. He was an author and scholar. His most famous work was "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" which gained him the title "The Father of English History".
The Venerable Bede´s History is one of the few sources that exist for the Anglo Saxon period. Bede´s writings are considered reliable since he was known to check his sources and collect documentation to support his arguments.
Far from being an amicable confederacy, the Heptarchy was made up of belligerent Anglo-Saxon tribes. Why was this so? Why were they not able to create a unified kingdom? …show more content…
Briefly describe the main features of Celtic Christianity and Roman Christianity. Why was the Synod of Whitby held? What was its outcome?
Pope Gregory I (597) sent the Benedictine monk, Augustine, to Britain. King Ethelbert of Kent received the missionary party, since his Frankish wife was already a Christian. Within a year the monks converted Ethelbert. Canterbury became the seat of the archbishopric. In the seventh century Christianity enlarged its influence in the heptarchy. When a king became a Christian, he would usually decree that Christianity was the official religion of his kingdom. By the middle of the seventh century most of England had been converted to either Celtic or Roman Christianity.
There were two types of Christianity: Celtic and Roman. Celtic Christianity (Welsh and Irish) was known more for the high degree of learning of its monasteries than for the Episcopal organization. They preferred a decentralized church, a simpler liturgy and they had a different date for Easter.
These differences between Celtic and Roman church could not be reconciled and these differences were those that lead to the Synod of Whitby to settle the matter. The result of the synod enabled all the English kingdoms to become united under the English Christian
The Venerable Bede (673-735) was an English monk at the monastery of St. Peter. He was an author and scholar. His most famous work was "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" which gained him the title "The Father of English History".
The Venerable Bede´s History is one of the few sources that exist for the Anglo Saxon period. Bede´s writings are considered reliable since he was known to check his sources and collect documentation to support his arguments.
Far from being an amicable confederacy, the Heptarchy was made up of belligerent Anglo-Saxon tribes. Why was this so? Why were they not able to create a unified kingdom? …show more content…
Briefly describe the main features of Celtic Christianity and Roman Christianity. Why was the Synod of Whitby held? What was its outcome?
Pope Gregory I (597) sent the Benedictine monk, Augustine, to Britain. King Ethelbert of Kent received the missionary party, since his Frankish wife was already a Christian. Within a year the monks converted Ethelbert. Canterbury became the seat of the archbishopric. In the seventh century Christianity enlarged its influence in the heptarchy. When a king became a Christian, he would usually decree that Christianity was the official religion of his kingdom. By the middle of the seventh century most of England had been converted to either Celtic or Roman Christianity.
There were two types of Christianity: Celtic and Roman. Celtic Christianity (Welsh and Irish) was known more for the high degree of learning of its monasteries than for the Episcopal organization. They preferred a decentralized church, a simpler liturgy and they had a different date for Easter.
These differences between Celtic and Roman church could not be reconciled and these differences were those that lead to the Synod of Whitby to settle the matter. The result of the synod enabled all the English kingdoms to become united under the English Christian