As it is the final night of hankuah tonight the question I ask to you today is about how a Jewish Brittian may look like if it were to convert during sometime in its history
This would affect Ireland's development. Would it even become Christian without Catholic England?
Historically, Jewish people did not evangelize that much, so I imagine this would more likely to happen through migration from continental Europe to Britain?
In a scenario like this, it depends on so many factors. What we'd need is an early adoption by the British post Jewish displacement. If the Jews did well in theory Ireland could follow. Step one be far from Rome and stop stirring the pot up and the Jews might do well enough to spread.
The best way for this to happen, and I find it probably ASB, would be for the Jews to be displaced in large numbers beginning shortly after the birth of Christ, and for this to continue for a century or two. After that, assuming that Judaism becomes majority or close to it in Britain, you may see voluntary movement. Hadrian's Wall began about 120 AD, and between then and the early 5th century Roman influence in Britain waned and then the last legions left. Constantine accepted Christianity in the early 4th century. Judaism has to become established as the first among many trending to significant majority before Pope Gregory sends out the missionaries who Christianized Britain in the 7th century. A Jewish Britain, even with some pagan elements, can basically turn away the missionaries, and absent a Christian Britain Ireland is more likely to become Jewish as well through diffusion. While Pope Gregory may want to try and forcefully have Christianity in Britain with military escorting missionaries, in the 7th century Europe is too fractured to mount the sort of expedition that could make this happen.
By the 7th century you have a Jewish Britain that has been on its own for at least 200 years, with Judaism being deeply rooted there for 500+ years. Viking raids don't start OTL until 793, and ended in 1066. Depending on how fractured Britain is politically, these raids may be less or more successful than OTL and it is possible to see more Viking settlement - which may or may not Judaize. The key time is 1066 - naturally by then the butterflies have made huge changes, but accept for a moment that is when the Norman invasion would happen (more or less). If the Normans are successful, you will see aggressive Christianizing (think Inquisition level) in Britain and subsequently Ireland. If the invasion fails, there are two options. First is that you won't see a successful "Christian" invasion from the continent, and some sort of accommodation between Christians on the Continent and Jews in Britain/Ireland. The other possibility is that instead of crusades to redeem Jerusalem, you see crusades against the Jews in Britain. If Christian Europe puts that sort of effort in to taking over Britain, it could succeed but not guaranteed. IMHO I see the Pope going for Jerusalem before Britain.
In a scenario like this, it depends on so many factors. What we'd need is an early adoption by the British post Jewish displacement. If the Jews did well in theory Ireland could follow. Step one be far from Rome and stop stirring the pot up and the Jews might do well enough to spread.
wasn't Ireland and Scotland Christian before England? Furthermore, wasn't early Celtic Christianity closer to Coptic Christianity than Roman?This would affect Ireland's development. Would it even become Christian without Catholic England?
wasn't Ireland and Scotland Christian before England? Furthermore, wasn't early Celtic Christianity closer to Coptic Christianity than Roman?
wasn't Ireland and Scotland Christian before England?
Furthermore, wasn't early Celtic Christianity closer to Coptic Christianity than Roman?