Liturgy, Architecture, and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England

Zusatztext This is an excellent book. Informationen zum Autor Helen Gittos is an historian who specializes in the social and cultural history of the early Middle Ages. She studied English Literature at Newcastle University before starting her postgraduate research in Anglo-Saxon history at Oxford University. Having held temporary teaching jobs at the universities of Cardiff, Southampton, Leeds, and Aberystwyth, she is now Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Kent. She is currently working on a study of the use ofvernacular languages in the liturgy throughout the medieval period. Klappentext One of the first studies to consider how church rituals were performed in Anglo-Saxon England. Brings together evidence from written, archaeological, and architectural sources. It will be of particular interest to architectural specialists keen to know more about liturgy, and church historians who would like to learn more about architecture. Zusammenfassung One of the first studies to consider how church rituals were performed in Anglo-Saxon England. Brings together evidence from written, archaeological, and architectural sources. It will be of particular interest to architectural specialists keen to know more about liturgy, and church historians who would like to learn more about architecture.

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One of the first studies to consider how church rituals were performed in Anglo-Saxon England. Brings together evidence from written, archaeological, and architectural sources. It will be of particular interest to architectural specialists keen to know more about liturgy, and church historians who would like to learn more about architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Gittos, Helen (Lecturer in Medieval History Gittos, Gittos Helen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9780198737056
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873705-6
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Medieval History and Archaeology; Medieval History and Archaeology; Medieval History and Archaeolo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, RELIGION / History, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), History of Religion, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, History of Architecture, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE