PEOPLE
Augustine wrote his Confessions about the year 400, describing his life and conversion - a spiritual classic.
Christianity was established in Iceland in the year 1000.
Westminster Abbey was re-founded by Edward the Confessor as a monastery of Benedictine monks in 1050. The abbey church was consecrated in 1065 and Edward was buried there the following year. Because it was adjacent to the royal palace of Westminster, the abbey had a central place in national life.
