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Kingship, society, and the church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire /

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Inspired by studies of Carolingian Europe, this book argues that the social strategies of local kin-groups drove conversion to Christianity and church building in Yorkshire from 400-1066 AD. It challenges the emphasis that has been placed on the role and agency of Anglo-Saxon kings in conversion and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickles, Thomas, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Medieval history and archaeology.
Subjects:
Christianity > England > Yorkshire.
Yorkshire (England) > Church history.
Christianisme > Angleterre > Yorkshire.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianity
England > Yorkshire
Electronic books.
Church history
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Kingdom of the Deirans, 450-650
  • The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy', 600-730
  • Politics, conversion, and Christianization, 616-867
  • The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy' and the laity, 600-867
  • Kingship, social change, and the church, 867-1066
  • Religious communities, local churches, and the laity, 867-1066.