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The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society

By John Blair

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
9780199211173, 0199211175, 0198226950, 9780198226956, 9781429421300
ASIN
B000GXSSE6,B000OL80HU,B001DUDLSE
Open Library ID
OL22147845M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35297528 bytes)
Pages
624\625
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

From the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century, to the emergence of the local parochial system five hundred years later, the Church was a force for change in Anglo-Saxon society. It shaped culture and ideas, social and economic behaviour, and the organization of landscape and settlement. This book traces how the widespread foundation of monastic sites ('minsters') during c.670-730 gave the recently pagan English new ways of living, of exploiting their resources, and of absorbing European culture, as well as opening new spiritual and intellectual horizons.

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