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Articles tagged Northumbria.

What Happened at the Synod of Whitby in 664 CE

What Happened at the Synod of Whitby in 664 CE?

Dec 25, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

King Oswiu had to choose: Irish monks or Roman bishops? The Synod of Whitby in 664 CE decided England’s religious future in a single...

Lindisfarne Gospels Inside a Medieval Masterpiece

Lindisfarne Gospels: Inside a Medieval Masterpiece

Dec 23, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Made on Holy Island around 700 CE, the Lindisfarne Gospels fuse Celtic, Christian, and Northumbrian identity into one dazzling manuscript.

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