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t. e. Religion in Medieval England includes all forms of religious organisation, practice and belief in England, between the end of Roman authority in the fifth century and the advent of the Tudor dynasty in the late fifteenth century. The collapse of Roman authority brought about the end of formal Christian religion in the east of what is now ...
The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism, a painting by Gustave Doré (1899). Paganism is commonly used to refer to various religions that existed during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, such as the Greco-Roman religions of the Roman Empire, including the Roman imperial cult, the various mystery religions, religions such as Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, and more localized ethnic religions ...
Godfrid Storms, Anglo-Saxon Magic, 1948. See also: Anglo-Saxon metrical charms Storms believed that these charm formulas were "the oldest relics of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic literature", belonging "to the oldest traditions of the Germanic and Indo-European peoples." Symbolic comparisons Many of the Anglo-Saxon charms use symbolic comparisons between a known, described event and the magical act ...
The period of Anglo-Saxon England lasted from circa 410 through to 1066 AD, during which individuals considered to be "Anglo-Saxon" in culture and language dominated the country's demographics and politics. [citation needed] The early Anglo-Saxons had been adherents of religious beliefs now collectively known as Anglo-Saxon paganism.
The Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England was a process spanning the 7th century. It was essentially the result of the Gregorian mission of 597, which was joined by the efforts of the Hiberno-Scottish mission from the 630s. From the 8th century, the Anglo-Saxon mission was, in turn, instrumental in the conversion of the population of the ...
The use of the qualifier "Germanic" (e.g. "Germanic religion" and its variants) remains common in German-language scholarship, but is less commonly used in English and other scholarly languages, where scholars usually specify which branch of paganism is meant (e.g. Norse paganism or Anglo-Saxon paganism).
The Anglo Saxon community was a community that has amalgamated from North Germanic, Scandinavian and North Western tribes. Therefore, it is quite obvious that different kinds of pagan beliefs existed among society. A painting of Anglo Saxons worshiping pagan gods. The word pagan in the Anglo Saxon era was used by fellow Christians to describe ...
