Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe

New Kingdoms of the OldWestern Roman Empire

Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe

I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles

Pope Gregory the Great

Monks, Abbesses, & the Christianization of Western Europe

I. Background: Christianity in the British Isles

A. Irish Monasticism

Book of Kells

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