The church in Anglo-Saxon society / / John Blair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828263303321
• Autore: Blair John <1955->
• 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 pages)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online.
• Disciplina: 274.2/02
• Soggetti: England Church history 449-1066
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2005.
• 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: 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.