|
Books > History > British & Irish history
|
Buy Now
Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,275
Discovery Miles 32 750
|
|
|
Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England (Hardcover)
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This first full-length study of the Anglo-Saxon episcopate explores
the activities of the bishops in a variety of arenas, from the
pastoral and liturgical to the political, social, legal and
economic, so tracing the development of a particularly English
episcopal identity over the course of the tenth and eleventh
centuries. It makes detailed use of the contemporary evidence,
previously unexploited as diffuse, difficult and largely
non-narrative, rather than that from after the Norman Conquest;
because this avoids the prevailing monastic bias, it shows instead
that differences in order (between secular and monk-bishops) had
almost no effect on their attitudes toward their episcopal roles.
It therefore presents a much more nuanced portrait of the episcopal
church on the eve of the Conquest, a church whose members
constantly worked to create a well-ordered Christian polity through
the stewardship of the English monarchy and the sacralization of
political discourse: an episcopate deeply committed to pastoral
care and in-step with current continental liturgical and
theological developments, despite later ideologically-charged
attempts to suggest otherwise; and an institution intricately
woven, because of its tremendous economic and political power, into
the very fabric of English local and regional society. MARY FRANCIS
GIANDREA teaches at George Mason University
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
