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Margaret Gallyon
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| Title: |
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The early church in Wessex and Mercia |
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English |
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Hardcover |
| Pages: |
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128 |
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1980-10 |
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0900963581 |
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Terence Dalton Ltd |
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First Edition |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
This third book on the early English church completes a study of the stages by which Christianity reached the various kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons in the seventh and eighth centuries. The present volume describes the coming of the the Faith to the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. To a race of warring tribes and rival kingdoms, Christianity came as a unifying and civilizing force and brought with it high moral precepts, intellectual appeal, a deep spirituality and also an entirely new culture. Saints Birinus, Aldhelm, Boniface and Chad are all included in this book, as are the various kings in whose reigns the conversion of Wessex and Mercia took place- amongst them Ine and Cadwalla of Wessex and Penda of Mercia.
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http://bookmooch.com/0900963581 |
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