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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787506803321

Autore

Foxhall Forbes Helen

Titolo

Heaven and earth in Anglo-Saxon England : theology and society in an age of faith / / Helen Foxhall Forbes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-12307-7

1-315-58642-8

1-317-12306-9

1-4094-2372-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Collana

Studies in Early Medieval Britain

Disciplina

274.203

Soggetti

Theology - England - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Theology - England - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

England Church history 449-1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I believe in one God -- Creator of all things, visible and invisible -- He will come to judge the living and the dead -- The communion of saints and the forgiveness of sins -- The resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.

Sommario/riassunto

Christian theology and religious belief were crucially important to Anglo-Saxon society, yet this book is the first full-length study investigating how it permeated and underpinned society. For whilst the influence of the Church as an institution is widely acknowledged, its abstract theological speculation is still generally considered to be the preserve of a small educated elite. However, as this book makes clear, theology had a much greater and more significant impact in the wider Saxon world than has been realised by modern scholars.