CHAPTER XI.
CHRISTIAN ENGLAND.
The change wrought in England by the introduction of the new faith was immense and sudden at the moment, as well as deep-reaching in its after consequences.

The isolated heathen barbaric communities became at once an integral part of the great Roman and Christian civilisation.

Even before the arrival of Augustine, some slight tincture of Roman influence had filtered through into the English world.

The Welsh serfs had preserved some traditional knowledge of Roman agriculture; Kent had kept up some intercourse with the Continent; and even in York, Eadwine affected a certain imitation of Roman pomp.

But after the introduction of Christianity, Roman civilisation began to produce marked results over the whole country.