Texts and Monuments: A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period: A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period

Examination of ten major churches of pre-Viking period in Anglo-Saxon England, from a linguistic as well as from an historical point of view. As a whole, the book provides an historical context for the development of Anglo-Saxon architecture in the seventh and eighth centuries. Evidence from Merovinigian and early Carolingian Gaul is also examined and the text of almost all the documentary evidence, together with the author's new translations, is given in the second part of the study. Cover Title Page Copyright Abstract Contents List of Illustrations Dedication, Acknowledgments, Picture Credits Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: English Churchs Chapter III: Gaul Chapter IV: Anglo-Saxon England Conclusion Appendix I Appendix II Glossary of Terms Bibliography Part IIa: Texts Relating to Twelve Sites in Pre-Viking England Part IIb: Comparative Texts Relating to Sites in Merovingian and Early Carolingian Europe Discusses the Abbey of St. Mary, Abingdon; Beverley: monastic church of St. Peter; Canterbury Cathedral; Canterbury: Abbey of SS Peter and Paul; Glastonbury Abbey; Hexham: Abbey Church of St. Andrew; A monastery on two sites: Monkwearmouth and Jarrow; York Minster of St. Peter, Monastic Church of Alma Sophia, St. Michael