Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe
I. 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