Helen Gittos

Liturgy, Architecture, and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the first studies to consider how church rituals were performed in Anglo-Saxon England. Brings together evidence from written, archaeological, and architectural sources. It will be of particular interest to architectural specialists keen to know more about liturgy, and church historians who would like to learn more about architecture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780199270903
• ISBN-10: 0199270902
• Artikelnr.: 36391614

Autorenporträt

Helen Gittos is an historian who specializes in the social and cultural history of the early Middle Ages. She studied English Literature at Newcastle University before starting her postgraduate research in Anglo-Saxon history at Oxford University. Having held temporary teaching jobs at the universities of Cardiff, Southampton, Leeds, and Aberystwyth, she is now Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Kent. She is currently working on a study of the use of vernacular languages in the liturgy throughout the medieval period.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Creating sacred places in the landscape
3: Anglo-Saxon church groups
4: Going between God's houses: open-air processions in Anglo-Saxon
5: Anglo-Saxon churches: form and function
6: Rites for dedicating churches in Anglo-Saxon England
7: Machines for thinking: a case study
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index