Helen Gittos | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

New research into the liturgy of Anglo-Saxon history, with important implications for church history in general.

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 gospeltranslations, 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 anyoneinterested in later Anglo-Saxon England as well as medieval liturgy and church history.

Contributions by: Catherine E. Karkov, Christopher A Jones, Helen Gittos, Joyce Hill, Karen Louise Jolly, M. Bradford Bedingfield, Mechthild Gretsch, Sarah Hamilton, Sarah Larratt Keefer, Susan K Rankin, Ursula Lenker