The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon Church

• Author(s): Helen Gittos, M. Bradford Bedingfield,
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Pages: 331
• ISBN_10: 1870252217
  ISBN_13: 9781870252218
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christian Life / General , Religion / Institutions & Organizations , Religion / History ,

Description:... The essays in this volume offer the fruits of new research into the liturgical rituals of later Anglo-Saxon England. They include studies of individual rites, the production, adaptation and transmission of texts, vernacular gospel translations, liturgical drama and the influence of the liturgy on medical remedies, poetry and architecture; also covered are the tenth-century Benedictine Reforms and the growth of pastoral care. It will be valuable for anyone interested in later Anglo-Saxon England as well as medieval liturgy and church history.