Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800

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Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800

Name: Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800
ISBN: 9780521673426

Patrick Sims-Williams

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Even the Venerable Bede knew little about the two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms described in this book. In the sixth and seventh centuries the pagan peoples of the Hwicce and Magonsaetan occupied the frontier from Stratford-upon-Avon as far as the Welsh kingdoms west of Offa's Dyke. They retained their own kings, aristocracy and independent monasteries into the eighth century. Using archaeological, place-name and historical sources, Dr Sims-Williams describes the early conversion to Christianity of these people, the origins of the dioceses of Worcester and Hereford, and the precocious growth of Anglo-Saxon monasticism. Drawing on many neglected documents he reveals a wide range of Continental, Irish and Anglo-Saxon influences on the church and shows that the monasteries were as varied in character as the Northumbrian foundations described by Bede.

Kateqoriyalar:

Poetry - American Poetry

İl:

1990

Nəşriyyat:

Cambridge University Press

Dil:

english

Səhifələr:

461

ISBN 10:

0521673429