Pope Clement V moves the headquarters of the Papacy from Rome to Avignon under domination of the French King. Midland Psalter gives metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English. Orm composes poetical paraphrase of Gospels and Acts in Middle English. Old English yields to Middle English as the common language of Britain. Norman conquest of Britain, sponsored by Pope Alexander II, destroys Old English literature, makes Norman French the language of the nobility. Godwin (Earl of Wessex) opposes him and causes the deposition of the archbishop. King Edward, brought up in Normandy, attempts to Normanize the English Court, appoints a Norman archbishop. Wessex Gospels give first Old English version of all four gospels. Aelfric (Abbot in Oxfordshire) translates abridged Pentateuch and several other portions of Scripture into Old English. King Ethelred flees to allies in Normandy. England overwhelmed by new invasion of Danes.

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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