The church in Anglo-Saxon society / John Blair.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-569) and index.

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Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The English and their Christian Neighbours, c.550-650; 2. Minsters in Church and State, c.650-850; 3. Church and People, c.650-850; 4. The Church in the Landscape, c.650-850; 5. Monastic Towns? Minsters as Central Places, c.650-850; 6. Minsters in a Changing World, c.850-1100; 7. The Birth and Growth of Local Churches, c.850-1100; 8. From Hyrness to Parish: The Formation of Parochial Identities, c.850-1100; Epilogue; Appendix: Three Minor Minsters in the Eleventh Century: Reculver, Christchurch, and Plympton; References; Index.

From the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century, to the emergence of the local parochial system five hundred years later, the Church was a force for change in Anglo-Saxon society. It shaped culture and ideas, social and economic behaviour, and the organization of landscape and settlement. In this innovative study, John Blair brings together written, topographical, and archaeological evidence to build a multi-dimensional picture of what local churches and local. communities meant to each other in early England. - ;From the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century.

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