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The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
states was indicated by the rise of regular towns in place of the older camps of refuge , as well as by the increase of the continental trade . An advance in metallurgy was marked by the use of a silver coinage , by a change from the bronze weapons to the steel sabres and ponderous spears of Gaul , " etc .
It will be remembered that Caesar tells us * " that the buildings of the Britons were very numerous , and that they bore a resemblance to those of the Gauls , whose cities were assuredly considerable . " Whatever may have been the condition of the buildings left by the Romans in Britain , a fair estimate may be taken of the monastic
buildings from the number of tho Christian clergy , as if there were few priests there would necessarily be few churches and monasteries . This will be found to be the case , for about 597 St . Augustine came into Britain , according to Bede , and in the same year was ordained Archbishop for the English nation , by order of the Pope , at Aries , in
the same year . He sent a series of questions to Pope Gregory , and we learn from the replies f : — " As for the Church of England , of which you . are the only Bishop " —at that time there were bishops in France . Another reply adds :
" We give you no authority over the Bishops of France , because the Bishop of Aries received the pall in ancient times from my predecessor . " J Wilfrid and others were consecrated bishops in Gaul .
I have already given some instances in a previous paper of monks retiring to Gaul , because , as Bede informs us , there were as yet but few monasteries built in the country of the Angles , and many other instances might be quoted ; and , in the extracts given from " Asser ' s Life of Alfred , " it will be found that that king sent to Gaul for
educated priests . Kemble writes : "Many circumstances combined to make a distinction between the cities of Britain and those of the Gallic continent . The latter had always been in nearer relation than our own to Rome ; they had been at all periods permitted to enjoy a much greater measure of municipal freedom , and were enriched by a
more extensive commercial intercourse . England had no city toboast of so free as Lugdunum , none so wealthy as Massilia . Even in the time of the Gallic independence they had been far more advanced in cultivation than the cities of the Britons , and in later days their organization was maintained by the residence of Roman bishops and a wealthy body of clergy . " §
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
states was indicated by the rise of regular towns in place of the older camps of refuge , as well as by the increase of the continental trade . An advance in metallurgy was marked by the use of a silver coinage , by a change from the bronze weapons to the steel sabres and ponderous spears of Gaul , " etc .
It will be remembered that Caesar tells us * " that the buildings of the Britons were very numerous , and that they bore a resemblance to those of the Gauls , whose cities were assuredly considerable . " Whatever may have been the condition of the buildings left by the Romans in Britain , a fair estimate may be taken of the monastic
buildings from the number of tho Christian clergy , as if there were few priests there would necessarily be few churches and monasteries . This will be found to be the case , for about 597 St . Augustine came into Britain , according to Bede , and in the same year was ordained Archbishop for the English nation , by order of the Pope , at Aries , in
the same year . He sent a series of questions to Pope Gregory , and we learn from the replies f : — " As for the Church of England , of which you . are the only Bishop " —at that time there were bishops in France . Another reply adds :
" We give you no authority over the Bishops of France , because the Bishop of Aries received the pall in ancient times from my predecessor . " J Wilfrid and others were consecrated bishops in Gaul .
I have already given some instances in a previous paper of monks retiring to Gaul , because , as Bede informs us , there were as yet but few monasteries built in the country of the Angles , and many other instances might be quoted ; and , in the extracts given from " Asser ' s Life of Alfred , " it will be found that that king sent to Gaul for
educated priests . Kemble writes : "Many circumstances combined to make a distinction between the cities of Britain and those of the Gallic continent . The latter had always been in nearer relation than our own to Rome ; they had been at all periods permitted to enjoy a much greater measure of municipal freedom , and were enriched by a
more extensive commercial intercourse . England had no city toboast of so free as Lugdunum , none so wealthy as Massilia . Even in the time of the Gallic independence they had been far more advanced in cultivation than the cities of the Britons , and in later days their organization was maintained by the residence of Roman bishops and a wealthy body of clergy . " §