The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800 - Softcover

Yorke, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582772923 ISBN 13: 9780582772922

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

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Book by Yorke Barbara Yates Nigel

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"a most promising series intellectually as well as one that offers much to students." THES Review of the first three books in the Religion, Politics and Society in Britain series: ''All three writers have made distinguished contributions to the specialist literature and, on the basis of these books, this will prove a most promising series intellectually, as well as one that offers much to students.'' Jeremy Black, Professor of History, Exeter University

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The Britain of 600-800 AD was populated by four distinct peoples; the British, Picts, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. They spoke 3 different languages, Gaelic, Brittonic and Old English, and lived in a diverse cultural environment. In 600 the British and the Irish were already Christians. In contrast the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons and Picts occurred somewhat later, at the end of the 6th and during the 7th century. Religion was one of the ways through which cultural difference was expressed, and the rulers of different areas of Britain dictated the nature of the dominant religion in areas under their control.

This book uses the Conversion and the Christianisation of the different peoples of Britainas a framework through which to explore the workings of their political systems and the structures of their society. Because Christianity adapted to and affected the existing religious beliefs and social norms wherever it was introduced, it’s the perfect medium through which to study various aspects of society that are difficult to study by any other means.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0582772923
• ISBN 13: 9780582772922
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350