Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 Paperback / softback
by Patrick Sims-Williams
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England series
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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.
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- Pages:468 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
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- ISBN:9780521673426
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- Pages:468 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
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- ISBN:9780521673426
