Starter quiz
- In what year did the Romans leave Britain?
- 401 CE
- 410 CE ✓
- 411 CE
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- What did the Anglo-Saxons believe in?
- Christianity
- Paganism ✓
- Islam
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- Woden was the god of ______.
- 'war' ✓
- What happened when the Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain?
- Christianity increased
- Christianity declined ✓
- Christianity stayed the same
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- At Lullingstone there was evidence of ______.
- a pagan statue
- pagan jewellery
- a pagan shrine ✓
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- What does polytheistic mean?
- believing in one god
- not believing in any gods
- believing in more than one god ✓
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Exit quiz
- Where was St Patrick born?
- Ireland
- Britain ✓
- Scotland
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- What was Patrick forced to be?
- 'A shepherd' ✓
- Patrick escaped Ireland because...
- he became scared.
- a vision from God told him to leave. ✓
- his captors let him go.
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- An angel told Patrick to return to Ireland as a ...
- trader
- prisoner
- missionary ✓
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- How do we know about St Patrick's life?
- 'The Confession' ✓
- Match these keywords to their definitions
- missionary⇔a person sent on a religious mission ✓
- convert⇔When someone changes their religious faith. ✓
- martyr⇔a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs ✓
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Key learning points
- Although Christianity declined in Britain after the Romans left, it grew stronger in Ireland.
- Some people in Ireland had become Christian through contact with Roman Britain by the early 5th century.
- The actions of the Roman-British missionary, St Patrick, some time in the 5th century, spread the religion more widely.
- Risking martyrdom, he preached to the kings of north-east Ireland and set up churches.
- He recorded his life and missionary activities in his 'Confession' which is the main evidence we have for his life.
Common misconception
It is widely believed that St Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.
Christianity had reached Ireland through contact with Roman Britain and as a result some Irish people converted to the religion.
Keywords
Missionary - a missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country
Convert - to convert means when someone changes their religious faith or other belief
Martyr - a martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
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