Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England

by Mary Frances Giandrea

This first full-length study of the Anglo-Saxon episcopate explores the activities of the bishops in a variety of arenas, from the pastoral and liturgical to the political, social, legal and economic, so tracing the development of a particularly English episcopal identity over the course of the tenth and eleventh centuries. It makes detailed use of the contemporary evidence, previously unexploited as diffuse, difficult and largely non-narrative,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843832836
• ISBN13: 9781843832836
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"