Crossing the Waters: Britain in the Dark Age
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Conversion Didn't Happen Yet in Northumbria
In 634 a new king came to the throne, king oswald. He was himself a christian and he believed deeply in that way of life. And he then tried to christianize the kingdom. But aden met consistent heavy opposition. His main polishment was that he created another abbey at lindisfarn on an island called holy island,. An island sort of on a tidal inlet. And he also pursued slave emancipation, getting contact with slaves and gaining them freedom by one means or another. So in northumbria, we can see again, an even more clearly christianity making its way to the top of society, the ruling elites, and the bottom
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