How the British became Christians

 I am reading about the almost instant conversion of the English nation from ancient German paganism to Christianity. Pope Gregory begged European kings to send missionaries because the English were ready to convert, but there were no volunteers. So Rome sent monks armed with the Rule of Benedict (pic). Once they understood the system, they adopted it enthusiastically. The only obstacle was Danish immigration, but those Vikings, too, forgot their Scandinavian gods as soon as they saw the English winning in war. England filled up with monasteries and nunneries, and schools to prepare monks, and soon they were sending missionaries back to the continent. Ireland had a different shade of Christianity, and they, too, were very missionary. I think the British have a natural talent to organize themselves and an inborn inclination to reform and reorganize the rest of the world.