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The existence of Christian symbolism on flagons, bowls, cups, spoons, wine strainers and other items used to hold food or drink suggests the existence of Christian feasts in Roman Britain. [54] That many of these items, such as those from the Water Newton hoard , were lavish, suggests that the Christian community might depend on its wealthier ...
Mastering Christianity: Missionary Anglicanism and Slavery in the Atlantic World (2011). Hastings, Adrian. A history of English Christianity, 1920–1985 (HarperCollins, 1986). Hylson-Smith, Kenneth. The churches in England from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II (1996). Marshall, Peter.
Rome: Michael Portillo investigates the political compromises that Christianity was forced to make when the Roman Empire adopted it as its official religion. Dark Ages: Theologian Robert Beckford looks at the impact Christianity has had on Britain and argues that the sixth-century conversion was the most important event in British history.
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (1st ed.). London and New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-7139-9869-6. OCLC 2009379999. The series was released on DVD on 1 February 2010 with the title A History of Christianity.
Alban, the first British Christian martyr and by far the most prominent, is believed to have died in the early 4th century (some date him in the middle 3rd century), followed by Saints Julius and Aaron of Isca Augusta. Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire by Constantine I in 313.
Episode # refers to the air date order. The Time Team Specials are aired in between regular episodes, but are omitted from this list. Regular contributors on Time Team include: Tony Robinson (presenter); archaeologists Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake, Francis Pryor, Brigid Gallagher, Jackie McKinley, Raksha Dave, Matt Williams, Faye Simpson; Guy de la Bedoyere (Roman historian); Victor ...
A History of Religion in Britain: Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present (1994) 608pp excerpt and text search; Hastings, Adrian. A History of English Christianity: 1920–1985 (1986) 720pp a major scholarly survey; Hylson-Smith, Kenneth. The churches in England from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II (1996). Marienberg, Evyatar.
Religion in Graeco-Roman times differed from religion in modern times. In the early Roman Empire religion was polytheistic and local. It was not focused on the individual but was focused on the good of the city: it was a civic religion in which ritual was the main form of worship.