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  1. Religion and literature in western England, 600-800
    Author: Sims-Williams, Patrick
    Published: 1990
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    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... more

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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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511553042
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    RVK Categories: HH 1182 ; NM 9300
    Series: Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 3
    Subjects: Geschichte; Kirchengeschichte; Christianity and literature / England / West Country / History / To 1500; English literature / Old English, ca. 450-1100 / History and criticism; Christian literature, English (Old) / History and criticism; Anglo-Saxons / England / West Country; Religion; Englisch; Kloster; Angelsachsen; Altenglisch; Literatur
    Scope: 1 online resource (xiii, 448 pages)
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