How The North Turned Christian

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Christianity's inroads into the pagan north of England began with the marriage of Æthelburh of Kent to King Edwin of Northumbria. A condition of their marriage was Edwin's conversion to Christianity. But most of the things we know about this period come from the Venerable Bede, which may hide much of the reality of the story of Æthelburh and Edwin.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega tries to get to the truth of how and why Christianity reached the north of England, with Florence H.R. Scott.

This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
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0:17.2	Hello, and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
0:19.5	I'm Ellen Oryanaga,
0:20.7	and in today's episode,
0:21.9	we'll be talking about Queen Ethel Burr of Kent,
0:24.0	the Queen consort of Northumbria,
0:25.9	and her role in the Christianization
0:27.3	of the North of England in the seventh century.
0:29.8	We'll also think about how Queens played an integral part
0:32.3	in the cultural lives of their subjects and courts.
0:35.6	I'm absolutely delighted to be joined
0:37.1	by the brilliant Florence H.R. Scott.
0:39.5	They are a story of early life,
0:41.6	and they're a part of the history of history.
0:44.6	They are a story of early medieval England,
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