Author: Alexander R. Rumble
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843837005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Essays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures. Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were invested with a variety of types of power and influence. Their actions, decisions, and writings could change not only their own institutions, but also the national church, while their interaction with the king and his court affected wider contemporary society. Theories of ecclesiastical leadership were expounded in contemporary texts and documents. But how far did image or ideal reflect reality? How much room was there for individuals to use their office to promote new ideas? The papers in this volumeillustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is demonstrated but also the influence of less-familiar figures such as Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The book draws on both textual and material evidence to show the influence (by both deed and reputation) of powerful personalities not only on the developing institutions of the English church but also on the secular politics of their time. Contributors: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J.Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.
Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Author: Alexander R. Rumble
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843837005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Essays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures. Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were invested with a variety of types of power and influence. Their actions, decisions, and writings could change not only their own institutions, but also the national church, while their interaction with the king and his court affected wider contemporary society. Theories of ecclesiastical leadership were expounded in contemporary texts and documents. But how far did image or ideal reflect reality? How much room was there for individuals to use their office to promote new ideas? The papers in this volumeillustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is demonstrated but also the influence of less-familiar figures such as Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The book draws on both textual and material evidence to show the influence (by both deed and reputation) of powerful personalities not only on the developing institutions of the English church but also on the secular politics of their time. Contributors: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J.Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843837005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Essays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures. Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were invested with a variety of types of power and influence. Their actions, decisions, and writings could change not only their own institutions, but also the national church, while their interaction with the king and his court affected wider contemporary society. Theories of ecclesiastical leadership were expounded in contemporary texts and documents. But how far did image or ideal reflect reality? How much room was there for individuals to use their office to promote new ideas? The papers in this volumeillustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is demonstrated but also the influence of less-familiar figures such as Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The book draws on both textual and material evidence to show the influence (by both deed and reputation) of powerful personalities not only on the developing institutions of the English church but also on the secular politics of their time. Contributors: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J.Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.
The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society
Author: John Blair
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191518832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
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, of exploiting their resources, and of absorbing European culture, as well as opening new spiritual and intellectual horizons. Through the era of Viking wars, and the tenth-century reconstruction of political and economic life, the minsters gradually lost their wealth, their independence, and their role as sites of high culture, but grew in stature as foci of local society and eventually towns. After 950, with the increasing prominence of manors, manor-houses, and village communities, a new and much larger category of small churches were founded, endowed, and rebuilt: the parish churches of the emergent eleventh- and twelfth-century local parochial system. 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.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191518832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
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, of exploiting their resources, and of absorbing European culture, as well as opening new spiritual and intellectual horizons. Through the era of Viking wars, and the tenth-century reconstruction of political and economic life, the minsters gradually lost their wealth, their independence, and their role as sites of high culture, but grew in stature as foci of local society and eventually towns. After 950, with the increasing prominence of manors, manor-houses, and village communities, a new and much larger category of small churches were founded, endowed, and rebuilt: the parish churches of the emergent eleventh- and twelfth-century local parochial system. 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.
Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Henry Mayr-Harting
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271038519
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271038519
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church
Author: Stephanie Hollis
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851153179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A fresh look at the position of women in the 8th and 9th centuries as defined by the literature of the early church.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851153179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A fresh look at the position of women in the 8th and 9th centuries as defined by the literature of the early church.
Anglo-Saxon Christianity
Author: Paul Cavill
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006281125
Category : Celtic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Studying the impact of Christianity on the pagan Germanic warrior peoples who invaded Britain from the 5th century onwards, this text draws on historical evidence to describe the invading Anglo-Saxons' culture and beliefs.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006281125
Category : Celtic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Studying the impact of Christianity on the pagan Germanic warrior peoples who invaded Britain from the 5th century onwards, this text draws on historical evidence to describe the invading Anglo-Saxons' culture and beliefs.
The Anglo-Saxon Church
Author: Henry Soames
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Anglo-Saxon Church: Its History, Revenues and General Character ... Third Edition
Author: Henry Soames
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Author: Aelfric (Abbot of Eynsham.)
Publisher:
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Category : Sermons, English (Old)
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sermons, English (Old)
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The history and antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Author: John Lingard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The History and Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Author: John Lingard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description