File:The golden days of the early English church - from the arrival of Theodore to the death of Bede (1917) (14764678025).jpg

Identifier: goldendaysofearl01howouoft (find matches)
Title: The golden days of the early English church : from the arrival of Theodore to the death of Bede
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Howorth, Henry H. (Henry Hoyle), Sir, 1842-1923
Subjects: Great Britain -- Church history
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
rowned by a strong castleof picturesque form, but recent construction. Inthis poor island was erected the first Christianchurch of the whole district, now so populous,rich and industrious, which extends from Hull toEdinburgh. This is an exaggeration. If York-shire is excluded it is true, but in YorkshirePaulinus certainly put up some buildings. Thiswas Lindisfarne (afterwards known as Holy Island),the Mother Church, the religious capital of thenorth of England and south of Scotland, theresidence of the first sixteen bishops of North-umbria, the sanctuary and monastic citadel of thewhole country round—the Iona of the Anglo-Saxons. The resemblance of Lindisfarne to Iona,of the colony to the metropolis, the daughterto the mother, is striking. These two isles, oneso celebrated, so renowned, so influential overtwo great and hostile races, have the samesombre and melancholy aspect, full of a wildand savage sadness. Religion only could people, mas ev seta: tsi^tfB. SCibUrukk. \Jj Hoi; liUd
Text Appearing After Image:
Map of Lindisfarne or Holy Island. (JW. /., facing p. 22. THE LIFE OF THE MONKS AT LINDISFARNE 23 fertilise and tranquillise these arid and desolateshores. l From this new abode Aidan, looking southward,could descry far off the rock and stronghold ofBamborough, where Oswald, like his grandfatherIda, had established his capital. At LindisfarneAidan planted his monastery, which was, of course,on the Scotic model, in which the bishop, so far asthe discipline of the place was concerned, wassubject to the abbot. The inmates consistedmainly, if not altogether, of the companions hehad brought with him from Iona. The priests,deacons, choristers and other officials of thecathedral were all monks. Such was the place where Aidan planted hislonely settlement which was to become a lighthousefor that larger part of England, from the Forthto the English Channel, that was still steeped inits primitive heathenism, or had reverted to it afterthe failure of the Italian missionaries. Thenceit was to be a

Note About Images