The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society

by John Blair

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199211175
• ISBN13: 9780199211173
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"