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Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800
Patrick Sims-Williams
出版Cambridge University Press, 2005-06-30
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066)History / Europe / MedievalLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshReligion / Christian Church / History
ISBN05216734299780521673426
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xksjPqoqVbcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.