a group of people that are regarded as superior in terms of ability or quality are described as elite.

when someone has converted, they have changed their religious faith or other belief

'Chi Rho' is the beginning of Christ’s name in Greek

a chapel is a small building or room used for Christian worship

Roman Christianity in Britain

History

The impact of the Romans' withdrawal on religion

St Patrick and Christianity in Ireland

The growth of Irish monasteries

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?

the Anglo-Saxons are a group of people formed of the Angle, Saxon and Jutes tribes

pagan means a religion other than one of the main world religions

to be polytheistic means to believe in many different gods and goddesses

a missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country

to convert means when someone changes their religious faith or other belief

a martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

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

A missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country

Picts were a tribe of people who lived in what is now eastern and northeastern Scotland

Gaul was an ancient region of Western Europe which included France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy

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