- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Triangle; illustrated edition edition (19 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0281052689
- ISBN-13: 978-0281052684
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,383,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story of the Anglo-Saxon Church, from the first heathen mercenaries with the Roman Army, to the Norman Conquest, with its suppression of the cult of the English saints. The author tells authentic stories, bringing alive some of the main characters of the period to illustrate the many-coloured strands which weave the pattern of Anglo-Saxon spirituality. The book draws on both source material and contemporary scholarship.
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History placing the Celtic/Roman rite dispute in context
16 Jan 2001
Runes on the Cross is an introduction to church history in Great Britain. It does an excellent job of showing the competing images - the Anglo-Saxon view of "warrior-king", the Celtic "hermit-ascete" and the Roman "wealthy bishop" - and how these images interplayed within the church and in secular government.
The book is structured as a series of short entries on individuals, events or places rather than into a sustained narrative. This works well given the changing geographic boundaries and the vagarities of the political times. However, it left me wanting a genealogy for references as brothers, sisters, cousins, and entourages reappear in unexpected places.
This book contains only a few of the hagiographic miracle stories, but enough are provided to give a sense of the common beliefs of the time.
This book provides sufficient historical background to understand the development of the Catholic Church in England; enough for a non-historian, only a brief overview for the true historian.
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