Christianity In Early British Cultural Changes

By using the method of history and sociology ,this thesis mainly studies how Christianity spread in Anglo-Saxon England . What is more , the thesis also deeply analyses how Christianity adapted to the primal religion in the early Britain and how they bled into each other .The chapter one discusses the primal religion and the dissemination of Christianity in the Rome-Britain period .It introduces the social situation after Rome invaded Britain ,and points out that with the Rome coming, the Latin culture began to spread in Britain and brought it into civilization .Then the thesis analyses the primal amalgamation between the primal religion and the early Christianity at that time.The chapter two investigates the dissemination of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon time .Firstly, it introduces the social situation in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon's coming. Britain almost went back into barbarous period .The society developed slowly .Secondly ,it discusses the dissemination of Christianity during that period .The chapter three mainly analyses how the two traditions ,the Germanic religious culture and Christianity , amalgamated into each other and slowly became a single whole .There are two aspects: The first ,Christian missioners worked hard to preach Christian doctrines ;The second ,saint worship brought great influence on the whole society, especially on the popular religion. It promoted the amalgamation of the two religions.The chapter four investigates the impact of Christianity on the development of the whole Britain society .The influence primarily reflects two points: the positive and the passive. At last it points out that Christianity did not be spread completely in Britian during that period.