Faerman (Priest in Yorkshire) makes the first Old English version of the Gospel of Matthew in the Rushworth Gospels, based upon Aldred’s gloss. Aldred (Bishop of Durham) writes Old English between the lines of the Lindisfarne Gospels. Oda (a full-blooded Dane) appointed archbishop of Canterbury. Ethelstan becomes King and pursues conciliation and fushion with the Danes. Paris Psalter gives Old English version of the first fifty Psalms. King Alfred halts Danish invasion, divides Britain by treaty. Danes begin large scale invasion of eastern Britain. Vespasian Psalter gives interlinear Old English translation. Beowulf, Nordic epic poem, written about this time. The herdsman Caedmon in northern Britain composes poems based on Biblical narratives in Old English. Theodore of Tarsus becomes archbishop of Canterbury, promotes episcopal hierarchy and Roman culture in the south of Britain. Christian churches in Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem are seized by Mohammedans and turned into mosques. ![]() Mohammed becomes ruler of Mecca in Arabia, publishes the Koran. Pope Gregory sends missionaries to Ethelbert of Kent, in the southeast of Britain. ![]() Anglo-Saxon invasions and settlement of Britain displace the native Celts in the south. Listing the events in the history of the English versions of Scripture, and of the place of Scripture in the church and in society. Chronology of the English Bible Bible Research > English Versions > Chronology
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