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There are many types of bread in the world, but white bread is the most popular. The reason for this goes back to seventh-century England.
A new article by historian Debby Banham traces how the use of white bread came to England as it converted to Christianity beginning in the early 600s. A group of Catholic missionaries led by Augustine of Canterbury found success in converting three kings by the year 604: Æthelberht of Kent, Sæberht of Essex and Rædwald of East Anglia. As they were doing this the missionaries also brought with them wheat, from which you could make white bread.
At this time wheat was used to make bread in the Mediterranean, but this grain had disappeared from England with the end of Roman Britain. There was bread, but it was usually made from other grains like spelt and emmer. However, the Christian missionaries wanted to use wheat in particular when they made the Eucharist, an important sacramental bread.
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We all eat white bread because of 7th-century missionaries to England - Medievalists.net
A new article by historian Debby Banham traces how the use of white bread came to England as it converted to Christianity beginning in the early 600s. A group of Catholic missionaries led by Augustine of Canterbury found success in converting three kings by the year 604: Æthelberht of Kent, Sæberht of Essex and Rædwald of East Anglia. As they were doing this the missionaries also brought with them wheat, from which you could make white bread.
At this time wheat was used to make bread in the Mediterranean, but this grain had disappeared from England with the end of Roman Britain. There was bread, but it was usually made from other grains like spelt and emmer. However, the Christian missionaries wanted to use wheat in particular when they made the Eucharist, an important sacramental bread.
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We all eat white bread because of 7th-century missionaries to England - Medievalists.net
