Thomas Pickles

Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of social organization, political power, conversion to Christianity, and church building in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire in 400-1066 AD, Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire argues that the decision of local kin-groups to convert to Christianity transformed kingship, society, and even the physical landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 174mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 995g
• ISBN-13: 9780198818779
• ISBN-10: 0198818777
• Artikelnr.: 51963986

Autorenporträt

Thomas Pickles was born and grew up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He studied for a BA, M. St. and D. Phil. in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He was a Fellow by Special Election of St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a Lecturer in History in the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of York, and a Lecturer in History and Archaeology in the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Birkbeck, before joining the Department of History at the University of Chester.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction * 1: The Kingdom of the Deirans
450-c. 650 * 2: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy'
600- c. 730 * 3: Politics
Conversionm and Christianization 616-c. 867 * 4: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy' and the Laity
600-c. 867 * 5: Kingship
Social Change
and the Church
867-c. 1066 * 6: Religious Communities
Local Churches
and the Laity
867-c. 1066 * Conclusion * Bibliography