Research Catalog

Title

The church in Anglo-Saxon England / by John Godfrey.

Author

Godfrey, John

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2009?]

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Details

Description

xii, 529 p., 16 p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Church history
• 449-1066
• Great Britain > Church history > 449-1066

Genre/Form

Church history

Note

• Originally published 1962 by Cambridge University Press.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-503) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pre-Christian religion in Roman Britain -- Christianity in Roman and Sub-Roman Britain -- Christianity amongst the Celts -- The heathen Anglo-Saxons -- The mission of St Augustine -- Further stages in the Roman mission -- The Celtic mission to England -- The triumph of Rome -- Theodore and Wilfred -- Monks and nuns in early England -- Architecture and art in pre-Danish England -- Christian poetry in Anglo-Saxon England -- Scholarship and learning in early England -- The Anglo-Saxon mission to the continent (I) -- The Anglo-Saxon mission to the continent (II) -- The eighth century : councils and reform -- The Danes and King Alfred -- The monastic revival -- The origin and development of the parochial system -- Homilists and writers -- English contributions to the conversion of Scandinavia -- Architecture and art : the later stages -- The closing stages -- The primacy of Lanfranc.

ISBN

• 9780521109048 (pbk.)
• 0521109043 (pbk.)
• 9780521050890 (hardback)
• 0521050898 (hardback)

OCLC

• 437302532
• SCSB-10958875

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library