A first book in American history with European beginnings . hristianity was destroyed for a while. Thisgrieved the pope, so in 597 he sent a good and wise monknamed Augustine with forty other monks to England toconvert the people. Augustine landed in the south ofEngland in the kingdom of Kent and asked permissionof the King of Kent to preach Christianity. The kingreceived the monks kindly and not only granted Augus-tines request but promised the monks his protection andoffered them a home in his capital of Canterbury. Therethey had their monastery, there Augustine began hisgreat work, and from
A first book in American history with European beginnings . hristianity was destroyed for a while. Thisgrieved the pope, so in 597 he sent a good and wise monknamed Augustine with forty other monks to England toconvert the people. Augustine landed in the south ofEngland in the kingdom of Kent and asked permissionof the King of Kent to preach Christianity. The kingreceived the monks kindly and not only granted Augus-tines request but promised the monks his protection andoffered them a home in his capital of Canterbury. Therethey had their monastery, there Augustine began hisgreat work, and from there Christianity gradually spread. As more and more people became converted, churchesand monasteries were built throughout the country. The 36 BRITAIN, OR ENGLAND followers of Augustine brought with them Roman litera-ture and culture, and, as the years passed, schools wereestablished in the monasteries where pupils were taughtto read Latin and to write. The monks who lived in the monasteries were menwho had promised to devote their lives to prayers and. Norman Monastery. kind deeds for others. In the terrible times of bloodshedwhich were to come a little later, these monasteries werealmost the only places where learning and ideals of peaceand self-sacrifice were preserved. Under the teaching of Christianity, and through con-tact with Rome by means of traders and missionaries,the people of England gradually began to change fromtheir cruelty and ignorance. But just as England wascreeping up, and her wild conquerors were learning thearts of peace, new foes appeared. 37 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY ALFRED THE GREAT The foes which next fell upon England were theNorthmen or Vikings. They, too, were distant kinsmenof the German tribes, but they came from the cold north—Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They were bold,sturdy, pagan warriors, who sailed the seas in long, swift ships. Courage and en-durance were their greatvirtues and savage crueltytheir worst fault. Theyworshiped th
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