Post by King Hengest II on Jul 25, 2005 13:07:12 GMT
The Saxons were pagans, but within their growing kingdom lived many Romano-British catholics. At this time, christians were stil being persecuted and condemned for their religion. Christianity had become a dominant religion in Europe, powers such as the Western Roman Empire and France had converted, and with France went both Normandy and Flanders.
The saxons began to take up the old tradition of persecuting the christians, and matyrs were found in most villages. If the cross was painted on the door of as hovel, a christian lived there, and they were treated as second-rate citizens.
Hengest II was persecuted as a heathen and a devil-worshipor by the pope in Rome, but this was what he wanted. He wanted to be isolated from the christians, and involved rather with the pagans in the north, of Denmark and Norway. Christian influence had already began to spread into the Allemani Kingdom, the Visigoth Kindom, Ireland and Scotland. He hoped to put a stop to this, as a christian europe would make a united europe, and it was in chaos that warlords such as Hengest prospered most.
As for the celtic pagans, they were treated equally with the saxon pagans, and several attempts were made to combine the religions. Practicing of these religions were encouraged, and Stone Henge became a major religious site for many druids.
Both Celtic druids and Saxon shamans were present in the english court, but no christians. Efforts were made to convert the Romano-British, as Hengest noticed their fighting techniques in weaponry impressive, but many were too farly fanatical to the christian cause. All whom preached christianity in his realm were crucified, or simply beheaded. This caused a large upstir in the Romano-British communities, but kept many saxons, celts and norse foreigners happy.
The saxons began to take up the old tradition of persecuting the christians, and matyrs were found in most villages. If the cross was painted on the door of as hovel, a christian lived there, and they were treated as second-rate citizens.
Hengest II was persecuted as a heathen and a devil-worshipor by the pope in Rome, but this was what he wanted. He wanted to be isolated from the christians, and involved rather with the pagans in the north, of Denmark and Norway. Christian influence had already began to spread into the Allemani Kingdom, the Visigoth Kindom, Ireland and Scotland. He hoped to put a stop to this, as a christian europe would make a united europe, and it was in chaos that warlords such as Hengest prospered most.
As for the celtic pagans, they were treated equally with the saxon pagans, and several attempts were made to combine the religions. Practicing of these religions were encouraged, and Stone Henge became a major religious site for many druids.
Both Celtic druids and Saxon shamans were present in the english court, but no christians. Efforts were made to convert the Romano-British, as Hengest noticed their fighting techniques in weaponry impressive, but many were too farly fanatical to the christian cause. All whom preached christianity in his realm were crucified, or simply beheaded. This caused a large upstir in the Romano-British communities, but kept many saxons, celts and norse foreigners happy.