The convert kings : power and religious affiliation in early Anglo-Saxon England / N.J. Higham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higham, N. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Converts.

Conversion.

History.

Paganism.

Power (Social sciences).

Christianity and politics.

Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.

Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers.

Great Britain--Politics and government--449-1066.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Anglo-Saxons.

Christianity and politics--England--History.

Power (Social sciences)--England--History.

England--Church history--449-1066.

England.

Church history.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.

Paganism--England--History.

Civilization, Medieval.

Anglo-Saxons--Religion.

Conversion--History.

Converts--England.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Summary:

The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally opens with Augustine's arrival in 597. On the 1400th anniversary of that event, The Convert Kings offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for conversion, and why particular influential figures both accepted it for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. Conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. This book restores responsibility to the English themselves and, in particular, Kings AEthelbert, Edwin, Oswald, and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of the text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719048273

0719048281

OCLC:

36051339