ENGLISH

The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England

By Nicholas J. Higham

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0719048281, 9780719048289
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16369126 bytes)
Series
Origins of England 3
Edition
Paperback
Pages
293\312
Time added
2021-02-09 15:36:47

Description

The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally begins with Augustine's arrival in 597. This text offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for it, and why particular figures both accepted conversion for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. The conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. The book restores responsibility to the English and, in particular, King Aethelbert, Edwin, Oswald and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of this text.

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