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The Venerable Bede
Bede, the first great English historian, lived and worked in Jarrow. It is thanks to him we have as accurate an account as we do of Northumbria's Golden Age.
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31--The "Venerable Bede" (c. 673-735) completes his Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
• Spain is invaded by the Moors, Moslems from North Africa; Charles
Martel defeats them at the Battle of Tours in 732--a decisive juncture
in Christian resistance to Moslem advance.
• Boniface of England is a missionary to the Germans for 40 years.
Finally is murdered by pagans in 754.
• Iconoclastic controversy over the veneration of images divides
the Byzantine Emperor and the Pope.
• Papacy asserts its earthly rule and establishes the papal states
in Italy. Pope Leo III (d. 816) separates from the Eastern Empire and
becomes supreme bishop in the West.
• Charlemagne becomes sole King of the Franks in 771; later is crowned
"Holy Roman Emperor," establishing dream of a kingdom with a
Christian king.
• Nestorian Christians in China develop missionary activities and
build Christian monasteries.
• Schools for church music are established at Paris, Cologne, Soissin,
and Metz.
• 781--Alcuin of York, England becomes advisor to Charlemagne and
catalyzes the "Carolingian Renaissance."
• 793--The North Men invade Lindisfarne and invade Iona in 795.
AD 800 (TWENTY-SIX GENERATIONS AFTER CHRIST)
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| Percent Christian: 22.5% |
| Breakdown: 51% nonwhite, 49% white |
| Evangelization: 31% of world |
| Scriptures: 15 languages |
| Total martyrs since AD 33: 3,300,000 (0.4 % of all Christians
ever; recent rate 3,100 per year) |
| Source: David Barrett. |
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