The English Church in the Middle Ages Author:William Hunt General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1888 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green Subjects: Church history Great Britain History / General History / Europe / Great Britain Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christia... more »n Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY TO 1377. BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS OF YOEK To 1377. THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES. CHAPTER I. ROME AND IONA. St. Augustin's Mission -- Pope Gregory's Scheme Of OrganIzation -- CAUSES OP ITS FAILURE -- FOUNDATION AND OVERTHROW OF THE SEE OF YORK -- INDEPENDENT MISSIONS -- THE SEE OF LINDISFARNE -- SCOTTISH CHRISTIANITY -- THE SCHISM -- THE SYNOD OF WHITBY -- RESTORATION OF THE SEE OF YORK. The Gospel was first brought to the Teutonic conquerors of Britain by Roman missionaries, and was received by the kings of various kingdoms. From the first the Church that was planted here was national in character, and formed a basis for national union; and when that union was accomplished the English State became coextensive with the English Church, and was closely united with it. The main object of this book is to trace the relations of the Church both with the Papacy and with the State down to the new era that opened with the schism in the Papacy and the Wyclifite movement. Our narrative will begin with the coming of Augustin and his companions c. H. A in 597 to preach the Gospel to the English people. st. Augustin's They landed in the Isle of Thanet. The landing at Ebbs- i -i . , . i -i fleet, 597. way had, to some extent, been prepared for them, for thelberht, king of Kent, whose superiority w...« less