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Boniface and the English Missions

Anglo-Saxon England

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Early English Missions in Frisia and Boniface's Mission to Germania

This chapter explores the early English missions in Frisia, focusing on the key figures involved such as Winfred and Edgbert. It follows Winfred's journey to Rome where he becomes Boniface and is appointed as a missionary bishop to Germania, discussing his attack on pagan shrines and the conversion of the local pagans to Christianity.

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