a monastery is a building lived in by a community of monks who follow religious vows

patronage is the support given by a person to another person, organisation or cause, usually involving money

a monk is a member of a community of men living under religious vows

The growth of Irish monasteries

History

Roman Christianity in Britain

The impact of the Romans' withdrawal on religion

St Patrick and Christianity in Ireland

Irish missionaries

How Christianity survived the Romans' departure

In ‘Britain after the Romans: how did Christianity survive in the British Isles?’ pupils explore the evidence of where Christianity survived in Britain. In ‘Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the ‘City of Peace'?’ pupils look at the emergence of another religion: Islam.

In 'The Romans: what is the story of Christianity's rise?' pupils built on their knowledge of the Roman Empire by studying an overview of Christianity's spread across the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Near East. In ‘Britain after the Romans: how did Christianity survive in the British Isles?’ pupils explore the evidence of where Christianity survived in Britain.

In this unit, pupils develop their causal understanding by learning how Christianity survived in the British Isles following the departure of the Romans. They learn about how religion changed after the Romans left and the importance of Irish Christianity in this period.

Britain after the Romans: how did Christianity survive in the British Isles?

Monasteries were built across Ireland by the ...

Why did the monks choose isolated places to build the monasteries?

Which of these happened at the monasteries?

The monks would make beautiful {{ }} for the manuscripts.

the support given by a person to another person, organisation or cause

a member of a community of men living under religious vows

a building lived in by a community of monks

After receiving a vision from an angel, Patrick became a ...

Patrick was in danger of becoming a {{ }} when he tried to convert the Irish kings.

Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and across Europe.

Christianity reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain.

Some people in Ireland had become Christian by the early 5th century.

When Christianity declined in Britain, it continued to grow stronger in Ireland.

Put these events into chronological order.

St Patrick was kidnapped and was forced to be a shepherd.

St Patrick became a Christian missionary after he saw visions.

St Patrick travelled back to Ireland to convert people to Christianity.

He risked becoming a martyr when he preached to the kings of north-east Ireland.

St Patrick wrote about his life in his 'Confession'.

Put these events from St Patrick's life into chronological order.

The growth of Irish monasteries

Lesson outcome