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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777792403321

Autore

Blair John <1955->

Titolo

The church in Anglo-Saxon society [[electronic resource] /] / John Blair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-01130-3

1-280-75875-9

0-19-151883-2

1-4294-2130-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (625 p.)

Disciplina

274.2/02

Soggetti

England Church history 449-1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-569) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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. In this innovative 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. - ;From the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century,