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

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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.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of Western Christian traditions that they developed in the previous unit about the rise of Christianity. It also enriches pupils' understanding of the religious picture of late-Roman Britain that they built in the unit on the changes the Romans brought to Britain. This unit prepares pupils for their year 5 study of the changes to Britain brought about by Anglo-Saxon migration by deepening pupils' knowledge and understanding of the post-Roman British world.

  1. Roman Christianity in Britain
  2. The impact of the Romans' withdrawal on religion
  3. St Patrick and Christianity in Ireland
  4. The growth of Irish monasteries
  5. Irish missionaries
  6. How Christianity survived the Romans' departure

  • Knowledge of Christianity's rise and spread across the Roman Empire.
  • An understanding of the existence of differing early Christian traditions, as introduced in 'The Romans: what is the story of Christianity's rise?'
  • Knowledge of how the Romans impacted Britain.
  • Knowledge of how and why the Romans left Britain.
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