Lecture Notes Outline
Medieval Missions:
- Martin of Tours & the rural pagans (4th century)
- Patrick goes to Ireland (4th-5th centuries)
- Clovis & the Franks (5th-6th centuries)
- Columba and his followers go to Scotland & northern England (6th-7th centuries)
- Gregory, Augustine, and the mission to the Angles (6th-7th centuries)
- Columbanus plants monasteries across Europe (7th century)
- Boniface goes to the Germans & Frisians (8th century)
- Charlemagne’s military “missions” (8th-9th centuries)
- Ansgar goes to Scandinavia (9th century)
- Cyril & Methodius go to the Slavs of eastern Europe (9th century)
- Prince Vladimir & the conversion of Kievan Rus (10th century)
- Martin of Tours & the rural pagans (4th century)
- Patrick goes to Ireland (4th-5th centuries)
- Clovis & the Franks (5th-6th centuries)
- Columba and his followers go to Scotland & northern England (6th-7th centuries)
- Gregory, Augustine, and the mission to the Angles (6th-7th centuries)
- Columbanus plants monasteries across Europe (7th century)
- Boniface goes to the Germans & Frisians (8th century)
- Charlemagne’s military “missions” (8th-9th centuries)
- Ansgar goes to Scandinavia (9th century)
- Cyril & Methodius go to the Slavs of eastern Europe (9th century)
- Prince Vladimir & the conversion of Kievan Rus (10th century)
Christianity & Culture in the Early Middle Ages
- “Dark Ages” or “Bright Ages”?
- Benedict & western monasticism
- Christians under Muslim rule
- Gregory, Boethius, and the preservation of Western thought
- Carolingian renaissance & the “Holy Roman Empire”
- Advances in the technical arts
- “Dark Ages” or “Bright Ages”?
- Benedict & western monasticism
- Christians under Muslim rule
- Gregory, Boethius, and the preservation of Western thought
- Carolingian renaissance & the “Holy Roman Empire”
- Advances in the technical arts