Synod of Whitby (opens in new tab)

The Synod of Whitby in 664 has been viewed as a significant landmark in the history of the church in England, though whether or not it represented a stage in the 'Romanisation' of English Christianity is debatable. The synod reconciled two Christian traditions and aligned the religious practices of the Northumbrian Christians with many of those in mainland Europe. Whilst the synod was evidently centred on questions of faith, evidence suggests it served political purposes as much as it did ecc...