The church in Anglo-Saxon society / John Blair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blair, John, 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology--England--History--To 1500.

Religion and sociology.

England--Church history--449-1066.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (625 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Church was a force for change in Anglo-Saxon society. In this study, John Blair brings together written, topographical, and archaeological evidence to build a multi-dimensional picture of what local churches and local communities meant to each other in early England.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The English and their Christian Neighbours, c.550–650; 2. Minsters in Church and State, c.650–850; 3. Church and People, c.650–850; 4. The Church in the Landscape, c.650–850; 5. Monastic Towns? Minsters as Central Places, c.650–850; 6. Minsters in a Changing World, c.850–1100; 7. The Birth and Growth of Local Churches, c.850–1100; 8. From Hyrness to Parish: The Formation of Parochial Identities, c.850–1100; Epilogue; Appendix: Three Minor Minsters in the Eleventh Century: Reculver, Christchurch, and Plympton; References; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-569) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-01130-3

1-280-75875-9

0-19-151883-2

1-4294-2130-4

OCLC:

476257724