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 | | Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England) by Patrick Sims-Williams ISBN-10: 9780521383257 ISBN-10: 0-521-38325-0 ISBN-13: 9780521383257 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-38325-7 Hardcover 1990-08-31 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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. | ||
Book Description Using archaeological, literary, place-name and historical sources, Dr Sims-Williams describes the early conversion to Christianity of the pagan peoples of the Hwicce and Magonsaetan who occupied an area stretching from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Welsh kingdoms west of Offa's Dyke. | ||