The English Church and the Continent in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries
Author | : Veronica West-Harling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015025372593 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book The English Church and the Continent in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries written by Veronica West-Harling and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of the connections between the English and Continental churches during the tenth and eleventh centuries. Ortenberg draws on a wide range of liturgical, art-historical, and documentary sources to establish the strong and continuing links between England and the countries of Christian Europe. Her analysis of successive areas of contact--including not only France and Flanders, but the German lands, Italy, and even Byzantium and beyond--reveals much about the place of the English church in high medieval christendom. Ortenberg's work places the later Anglo-Saxon church exactly where it saw itself belonging: in the mainstream of Continental culture. Handsomely illustrated with numerous plates, this is a work of wide-ranging scholarship, which makes an important contribution to our understanding of medieval religious and cultural relations.