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Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe. New Kingdoms of the Old Western Roman Empire. Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe Background: Christianity in the British Isles. Pope Gregory the Great. Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe
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New Kingdoms of the Old Western Roman Empire
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • Background: Christianity in the British Isles
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England
Anglo-Saxon tribal kingdoms converted from two sources: Celtic Church from the north & Roman Catholic Christianity from the South (Kent)
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755)
St. Boniface: Baptizing & Martyrdom Sacramentary of Fulda, 11th century
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755) • III. The Role of Monastic Women in Missions
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755) • III. The Role of Monastic Women in Missions • A. Rise of Double Monasteries
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755) • III. The Role of Monastic Women in Missions • A. Rise of Double Monasteries • 1. Role of Abbesses
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755) • III. The Role of Monastic Women in Missions • A. Rise of Double Monasteries • 1. Role of Abbesses • 2. Example of Leoba
Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe • I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles • A. Irish Monasticism • B. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity in England • II. English Missions to the Continent • A. St. Boniface (c.680-755) • III. The Role of Monastic Women in Missions • A. Rise of Double Monasteries • 1. Role of Abbesses • 2. Example of Leoba • B. Female Monasticism as an Institution