Christianity Is Introduced into Germany
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
- Geographical Location: Germany, Frankish Kingdom, Belgium, Bavaria
- Date: 735
Article abstract: Christianity is introduced into Germany, expanding the borders of Christendom beyond the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
Summary of Event
From 500 to 700 c.e., Irish and later English missionary monks under religious conviction attempted to create a new Europe out of its wreckage from previous wars. Anglo-Saxon monks and the papacy were hard at work in the mission field during the eighth century in a dual attempt to transform the Frankish church and to convert the pagan continental Germanic tribes. An early evangelical pioneer was...
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