Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England) Book

Using archaeological, literary, place-name and historical sources, Dr Sims-Williams describes the early conversion to Christianity of the pagan peoples of the Hwicce and Magonsaetan who occupied an area stretching from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Welsh kingdoms west of Offa's Dyke.Read More

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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.

  • 0521673429
  • 9780521673426
  • Patrick Sims-Williams
  • 30 June 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 468
  • New e.
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