See of Canterbury Is Established
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Catholic Church, Catholics, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: British History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
- Geographical Location: England, Britain, United Kingdom
- Date: 596-597
Article abstract: The See of Canterbury is established, assisting in the conversion of the Kentish kingdom by bringing England back into the Catholic Church and firmly reestablishing English ties to the Continent.
Summary of Event
Although the Church in England was sufficiently well established by the fourth century to be represented by bishops at church councils on the Continent, it survived the Anglo-Saxon invasion only in remote areas in the west and north and, like other aspects of English culture, failed to influence the heathen Germanic settlers to...
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