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HISTORY/ BRITISH ISLES & IRELAND
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Cross Goes North (The): Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, A.D. 300-1300, Edited by Martin Carver
Studies the northward spread of Christianity in Europe at this time, inquiring into the experiences of the converted, their situations, motives, and actions, why they adopted Christianity, how they modified it, and how it affected the status of the ordinary folk. 608pp Paper
Price: $45.00
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HISTORY/ BRITISH ISLES & IRELAND
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-- "General & Overviews"
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Pillars of Wisdom in Ireland and England, by David Howlett
Pillars of Wisdom in Ireland and England considers the seven liberal arts as the means by which Insular men from the 6th century to the 12th century perceived the order of the universe, which they tried to represent in their verse and prose, music and architecture. 840pp Cloth
Price: $125.00
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Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England, Edited by Dorothy Haines: Translated by Dorothy Haines
In this book six surviving Old English copies of the Sunday Letter are edited together for the first time, with an introduction that examines the development of Sunday observance in the early middle ages and sets the texts in their historical, legal and theological contexts. 268pp Hardcover
Price: $105.00
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The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons c.597-c.700: Discourses of Life, Death and Afterlife, by Marilyn Dunn
A new in-depth study of Christianization among the Anglo-Saxons written by an expert in the subject. The book covers the period between c. 597-c.730 and draws on historical, ethnographical and anthropological studies to create a fresh understanding of Christianization in medieval Europe. 288pp Paper
Hardcover Edition Available at $120.00.
Price: $35.00
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HISTORY/ BRITISH ISLES & IRELAND
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-- Celtic General
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Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness, Edited by Christopher Bamford and Will Marsh
In this anthology, the stories of the Celtic saints are interspersed with verses, prayers, and sayings attributed to those ancient sages - from Patrick and Brigit, through Brandan and Columba, to Aidan and Cuthbert. 144ppPaper
Price: $16.00
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Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century, by Michael W. Herren and Shirley Ann Brown
A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing how it departed from continental practice largely due to a differing perception and application of Pelagianism. 342pp Hardcover
Price: $99.00
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Early Celtic Christianity, by Brendan Lehane
This lively and original account of early Celtic Christianity - which was of far greater importance in the development of Western culture than we commonly realize - is told against the background of European history of the first seven centuries A.D. 252pp Paper
Price: $24.00
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Saints' Cults in the Celtic World, Edited by Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies, and Eila Williamson
The way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland, from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. 240pp Hardcover
Price: $95.00
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