Pelagianism is a Christian theological position that holds that the fall did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection. Pelagius,an ascetic and philosopher from the British Isles,taught that God could not command believers to do the impossible,and therefore it must be possible to satisfy all divine commandments. He also taught that it was unjust to punish one person for the sins of another;therefore,infants are born blameless. Pelagius accepted no excuse for sinful behaviour and taught that all Christians,regardless of their station in life,should live unimpeachable,sinless lives.
Pelagius was a British (Brittonic) theologian known for promoting a system of doctrines which emphasized human choice in salvation and denied original sin. Pelagius was accused of heresy at the synod of Jerusalem in 415 and his doctrines were harshly criticized by Augustine of Hippo,especially the Pelagian views about mankind's good nature and individual responsibility for choosing asceticism. Pelagius especially stressed the freedom of human will. Very little is known about the personal life and career of Pelagius.
Catherine Bishop is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003,and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker,writer and consultant.
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson was an English folklorist. She was a scholar at the University of Cambridge and The Folklore Society,and specialized in the study of Celtic and Germanic religion and folklore.
David Norman Dumville was a British medievalist and Celtic scholar.
Kim Susannah Thomas is a former competitive rower from Great Britain.
Sarah Ann Patricia Cook is an Australian former representative rower. She was a six-time national champion and a dual Olympian who represented at senior World Rowing Championships from 2006 to 2011. Since competitive retirement she has been a rowing coach,commentator and a sports administrator at the highest levels. She has been a board member and since 2021,the Chief Operating Officer of Rowing Australia. Since 2022 she has been a member of the World Rowing Council representing Oceania. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Rowing Australia,and a World Rowing Council member.
Rebecca Dowbiggin was the 7th woman to cox Cambridge in The Boat Race,the annual race against Oxford.
Kate Elizabeth Slatter OAM is an Australian former rower,a sixteen time national champion,world champion and Olympic champion from Adelaide,South Australia. She is a three-time Olympian who in 1996 won Australia's first Olympic gold in women's rowing.
Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot,is an English Anglican priest and early medieval historian. She has been Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford since 2007,and Dean of Christ Church,Oxford since 2023.
Megan Leanne Marcks,OAM is an Australian former national,Olympic and world champion rower. She is an Olympic and World Champion in the coxless pair who represented Australia at the Olympics in 1992 and 1996.
Anna Rose Watkins is a British rower.
Miriam Luke is a former British rower who competed at three Olympic Games and winning a silver medal in 2000.
Emma Robinson is a Canadian rower. Robinson won two medals at the Summer Olympics as part of the women's eight rowing teams for Canada in 1996 in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Robinson is also a three time world champion in the women's coxless pairs,when she won gold from 1997 to 1999,she has an additional silver medal,and three bronze,for a total of seven World Rowing Championships medals. She was named the Pairs Team of the Year at the National Sports Awards,winning in 1997 with Alison Korn and in 1999 with Theresa Luke.
Michael Lapidge,FBA is a scholar in the field of Medieval Latin literature,particularly that composed in Anglo-Saxon England during the period 600–1100 AD;he is an emeritus Fellow of Clare College,Cambridge,a Fellow of the British Academy,and winner of the 2009 Sir Israel Gollancz Prize.
Andrew Philip McDowell Orchard,is a British academic of Old English,Norse and Celtic literature. He is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College,Oxford. He was previously Provost of Trinity College,Toronto,from 2007 to 2013. In 2021,claims of sexual harassment and assault by Orchard were publicized,which were alleged at universities where he has worked,including the University of Cambridge and the University of Toronto.
Grace Elizabeth Prendergast is a former New Zealand sweep rower. She is a 15-time national champion in the premier category,an Olympic champion,a five-time world champion and the current (2022) world champion in the coxless pair. She grew up in Christchurch,where she started rowing for the Avon Rowing Club in 2007. She competed at the Tokyo Olympics in two boat classes and won gold in the coxless pair and a silver in the eight and set a new world's best time in the pair. Various parties,including the World Rowing Federation,expected her to win medals in Tokyo. She was the highest ranked female rower in the world twice in a row in 2019 and 2021. Since 2014,her rowing partner in the coxless pair has been Kerri Gowler. Prendergast is also a Boat Race winner,having competed as part of Cambridge University Boat Club's (CUBC) women's crew in 2022. She retired from professional rowing in October 2022.
Julia Catherine Crick,is a British historian,medievalist,and academic. She is Professor of Palaeography and Manuscript Studies at King's College London.
Rosalind Claire Love FBA is a British historian,medievalist,and academic. She has been a Fellow of Robinson College,Cambridge since 1993,and Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Department of Anglo-Saxon,Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge since 2019.
Elizabeth Ashman Rowe is an American historian and author who specializes in the study of the history and culture of the Viking Age.
