Continental influence at Bath monastery in the seventh century
Patrick Sims‐Williams
Referring to the reign of Eorcenberht Kent, 640–64, Bede writes: At that time, because there were not yet many monasteries founded in England, numbers people from Britain used enter Franks or Gauls practise monastic life; they also sent their daughters be taught them and wedded heavenly bridegroom. They mostly went at Brie, Chelles Andelys-sur-Seine…
Anglo-Saxon England