The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England - Couverture souple

Mayr-Harting, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271007699 ISBN 13 : 9780271007694

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991

Synopsis

The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England is more than a general account of the conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is a probing study of the way in which Christianity was fashioned in England, giving full weight to the variety of wealth of the traditions that contributed to early Anglo-Saxon Christianity. It is also a study in the process of christianization, as it was carried out by churchmen who, according to Mayr-Harting, prepared themselves by prayer and study and travel as well as by social awareness to christianize their world.For this edition, the author has added a new preface in which he reconsiders some of his earlier conclusions and addresses recent developments in the scholarship. In a completely new chapter, Mayr-Harting appraises the work of Boniface of Devon, the greatest missionary of the early Middle Ages whom he calls the "Mirror of English History." Mayr-Harting thereby extends his account of early Anglo-Saxon Christianity from the Gregorian mission of the late sixth century up to the eighth-century English mission to the Continent, perhaps the crowning achievement of early English history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Henry Mayr-Harting is Fellow and Tutor in History at St. Peter's College, Oxford. He is a contributor to the Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity (1990).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271007699
• ISBN 13: 9780271007694
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 344
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